For months, the election seemed like a shoo-in for President Emmanuel Macron. It's now a tossup amid a strong challenge from the far right's Marine Le Pen.
A person takes ballots before voting for the first round of the French presidential election, on Sunday in Le Touquet, northern France. President Emmanuel Macron and the far right's Marine Le Pen won Sunday's vote and will face off in the April 24 presidential runoff that will offer voters two sharply contrasting visions of France.
Sunday's results reflect work by Le Pen to soften her nationalist image, appearing much more moderate by using language to unite rater than divide voters. She no longer advocates leaving the European Union because French voters have voiced support for the political and economic union.Le Pen focused on the economy and French residents' purchasing power, a strategy that paid off because that was the French peoples No. 1 concern, even ahead of the war in Ukraine.
Macron essentially didn't run a campaign because he announced his candidacy very late and then he was occupied with the Russia-Ukraine war. He was criticized for not having to stand up and defend his record and refusing to debate. Many voters appeared to be put off by Macron, considering him arrogant and distanced from the people.
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