Preparing the polling station for the upcoming French presidential electionPARIS, Apr 10 9.00 Moscow time on Sunday in France, where the first round of presidential elections is taking place. Polling stations in most French communes will be open until 20.00 Moscow time, and in big cities, including Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Toulouse and others, they 
Ukraine is costing Macron dearly. Will there be a new president in FranceThe President of France is elected for five years by universal direct secret ballot. About 49 million voters can take part in the elections. Voting takes place in two rounds, the first will be held on April 10, the second on April 24. Traditionally, the case is not limited to one round, in the second round two candidates who have passed into it will fight. In the first stage, 12 politicians claim the highest state post, including the current President of France Emmanuel Macron, the leader of the far-right National Rally party Marine Le Pen, candidate from the centre-right Republican party Valerie Pecresse, far-right candidate Eric Zemmours, founder of the Reconquest party, left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the French Unsubdued Party, National Secretary of the Communist Party Fabienne Roussel, mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, running for the party » Socialists», a member of the «Europe — Ecology — Greens» party Yannick Jadot and others. The results of the polls published before the first round give victory to Macron with a minimal margin from Le Pen. According to a poll by Elabe, according to April 8, Macron can score 26%, and Le Pen — 25%. The gap in the second round between Macron and Le Pen has also narrowed: the current president of France can score 51%, and the head of the «National Rally» — 49%. />Former French presidential candidate assesses Le Pen's political prospects
