French Presidential Elections

Will the election gods smile upon Emmanuel Macron? Here's what you need to know about the French presidential polls

Emmanuel Macron is vying to retain his post, but is facing competition from 12 others, including far-right’s Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour and the radical left’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The 12 will face off on Sunday in the first round of polling and the top two will then battle in the second round on 24 April

Eric Zemmour, French far-right pundit with multiple hate-speech convictions, launches presidential run

He already warned his supporters that they will likely be called racists for backing his anti-immigration and anti-Islam views that have already shaken up the election campaign.

French right chooses Valerie Pecresse as Paris region chief to challenge Emmanuel Macron

Members of The Republicans (LR) in the primary run-off vote chose Valerie Pecresse, who will be its first-ever female presidential candidate and presents herself as a voice of moderation

Wikileaks releases about 21,000 emails from French president's campaign

WikiLeaks said it had confirmed that the 21,075 emails were sent or received by addresses associated with the campaign.

French presidential election pits Macron against Le Pen in a divided France: All you need to know

The battle to become France's president comes down to a clash of two visions — Emmanuel Macron is pro-globalisation and pro-European Union, while Marine Le Pen rages against both.

France blocked 24,000 cyber attacks last year, to take more measures against Russian hackers

Jean-Yves Le Drian, defence minister of France said that French intelligence agencies were trying to learn its lessons from the allegations that rocked the US elections.