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   Michel Barnier announces plans to run in 2022 French presidential
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   Michel Barnier wants to run as a right-wing candidate, possibly for the
   Republicans. /Olivier Hoslet/Reuters

   Michel Barnier wants to run as a right-wing candidate, possibly for the
   Republicans. /Olivier Hoslet/Reuters


   The European Union's former Brexit negotiator has announced plans to
   compete against President Emmanuel Macron in France's 2022 presidential
   elections – potentially running as a right-wing candidate for the
   Republicans.

   "In these grave times, I have taken the decision and have the
   determination to stand... and be the president of a France that is
   reconciled, to respect the French people and have France respected,"
   Michel Barnier told TF1 on Thursday.

   Barnier, who in February set up a "working group" within the
   Republicans called "Patriot and European," plans to take a more
   right-wing tone than Macron, telling the French press that he wanted to
   "restore the authority of the state" and "limit and have control over
   immigration."

   He also told the French newspaper Le Figaro daily that he supported
   giving asylum to Afghans who had helped French forces but that "we
   cannot welcome everyone."

   The 70-year-old also has an extensive political career beyond his run
   as Brexit negotiator. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the EU commissioner
   for the internal market, and he has held top French political posts
   since the 1990s.


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   However, Barnier's run for president is not guaranteed, as the
   mainstream center-left and center-right parties have not announced
   their candidates for the first round of elections on April 10.
   Barnier's Republicans party will wait until September 25 to choose its
   candidate for the presidential run.

   Despite this, Barnier may court the same voters as Macron, specifically
   the pro-European electorate, if he gets the chance to run for
   president. If nobody wins an overall majority, a runoff will be held
   two weeks later between the top two candidates, and opinion polls
   currently suggest that far-right Marine Le Pen will be Macron's closest
   competitor.

   Other politicians have also started to hint that they would like to
   throw their hats into the ring. Former minister Xavier Bertrand, who
   leads the north-eastern Hauts-de-France region, said that he will also
   bid to run in the election.

   Anne Hidalgo, the socialist mayor of Paris, has hinted that she would
   also like to run and become the country's first female president.
   Source(s): AFP ,Reuters
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