the french do not want to reform. you will have the students out on the street, the pensioners out on the street, workers out on the street, and every reformer in france has run up sonnst this sort of surly nous -- without us. terrible. this is why micron wants to break. the last government was centerleft, and then you have the ultraleft for testing in the streets and the right who was protesting. he wants to form, actually, a great coalition like we had in germany and have all the reformers of both sides of the spectrum joined him, and if he succeeds, i think it is really to shape oft chance its economy and reform not only its economy but also its institutions. like it or not, the front national has been the strongest party of the regional elections and the european elections with almost 29% of the vote of the european election and has only teedo representatives out of 577 at the assembly national, the parliament. part ofhe population in france not represented on the national level. micron --in manual emmanuel macron

it is important to stress that these are reports from french media. but the paris prosecutor and the french authorities are not giving his name out yet. they say that they do know her ears, but they are not giving his name out, yet, because they want to find out whether he had an accomplice. —— know who is. but according to french media, a property has been searched by investigators, and they want to know who else, if anyone, might have known his plans, but according to french media, this man spent years in prison forfiring on police officers in the year 2000. details are coming through. but again, none of this has been confirmed by the french authorities. let's speak to oui’ correspondence french authorities. let's speak to our correspondence in paris. thomas fessy joins us live now from paris. some details coming through, but the authorities are saying that they will not be confirming the identity of this person until they are sure as to whether he had any converses. yes. i think that we will have a much clearer picture. by now, we know that t

french nationals denied that they are being protected. and with the vote being scheduled for sunday, he said that, obviously, security forces will be on high alert on that day. there is no doubt that this attack might have an impact on the actual turnout on voting day. whether the french will be fearful of an attack on that day, whether they will be, some of them staying home, or going out to vote, thatis staying home, or going out to vote, that is a big question, now. staying home, or going out to vote, that is a big question, nowm staying home, or going out to vote, that is a big question, now. it is certainly impacted on the campaigning ofa certainly impacted on the campaigning of a number of the presidential candidates, who have said that they will suspend campaigning immediately. 0bviously, friday is a full day of campaigning, saturday is not ahead of the vote on sunday. exactly. the campaign was supposed to end on friday at midnight. some of the candidates, like francois fillon, the candidate for the republicans, and marine le pen,

we are talking with a french presidential election very close. does france feel ripe for the sort of political shock that we've seen in recent times both in the uk over the brexit vote and in the united states with the victory of donald trump in the presidential election? i hope not, with all my heart i hope we won't face the same electoral results that you had with brexit and that the americans had with trump. so we're doing everything to avoid the passage to the far right with marine le pen. but at the present time we have two opposite candidates, jean—luc melenchon, who is a communist and a great admirer of putin, and we have marine le pen, the head of the ex—fascist party and also a great admirer of putin. so it seems putin is pulling the strings in france as he did maybe in the states. my question wasn't so much about the individual candidates or their ideologies but more about the mood about the public. i suppose if one is to generalise massively in the uk and the united states, we saw peoples who were angry, they were fearful and more

assets.u do own french french equities, you would not avoid because of this tail risk? william: matt, as part of a sort of -- we are not singling out france, put it that way. certainly within -- we like continental european equities and french equities are part of that. we are not want a candle specifically for them. if the worst case does happen, then you are going to see some fairly dramatic moves, not just in french assets, it is going to be a fairly hair-raising day, you would expect. guy: a question we are going to talk about later on in the program, but let us get your take on it. if we get through this french election and end up with a centrist candidate and a workable parliamentary majority, how do you think mario draghi will feel than? will use a the political risk -- will you say that the political risk is off the table so i can think about the exit? that is in some ways a sizable thing for european investors to get their head around, and i'm not sure we have made that leap from one to the other yet. william: no, it is hard to see beyond the french election. g

is there any result in this french elections that would give more growth to the french economy? >> growth is good, but i don't realistic- if you are and you take structural measures 1%, that would make some difference, but not a big difference. it is the fact that some people feel excluded from the labor unskillede young, the . that is where we have to work. it is more important, clearly everybody wants more growth, but it is more important that the kids get a job, get a better job. that to me is the central issue. >> how can eurozone countries implement any fiscal plan when they still have to do reform and have the overall the you rules -- the eu rules when down on them. >> many have pushed the notion that more public investment, more investment in education would be good, even if there is a deficit. anything that could treat growth should be treated differently from the usual public spending that does not. i wish there was less on that front, but there are many things you can do within the budget. it is clearly harder, but you can't just blame brussels and say we can't do anyt

for french guiana. they want to .5 billion and immediately. called forsentatives massive strikes to continue in the french territory. are calling on all business owners to close up shop. we are going to block everything with force. this is not against the population. please excuse us. it is meant to show our determination. >> after negotiations with the french overseas ministers, the government had been proposing more military police in the next three years, 300 million euros for infrastructure and 400 million for education. several million have been allotted for health and agriculture. a with the proposal wasn't just monetary but how the over one billion euros in aid would be rolled out over years. is offering an emergency plan over five to 10 years. an emergency is taken care of over 10 years that i have to be worried. after rejecting the proposals, labor groups said they will continue striking, turning their focus ticky on a spaceus to gu center. >> less than three weeks to go before voters in france

it's the biggest move up in french stocks, in the french index, i should say, since 2015. a massive, massive jump up as the risk on trade returns or the risk off trade gets covered, which covers all the banks. socgen putting up big gains, but also total, sanofi. a lot of big gainers. the only losers on the cac are lafarge after the ceo steps down, deciding not to do a share buyback that investors expected, a big pop across french stocks. speaking of, let's go over to paris, with francine lacqua who is covering the election and was there all weekend with a special program. she's back this morning, joined now by a guest in the city. francine: thank you. we are in paris, the sun is shining, and we are overseeing the eiffel tower with a great view of the rest. joining me today is the senior economist at exxon. think you for joining us. first of all let's talk about the equity markets. i know you are an economist, but we are seeing a big pop on french equities. matt was just bringing us the latest on the cac 40. how much does this have to do with the correction, because it coul

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will the french do it? they've been told by fillon to get behind macron, go to the center. >> yes they will. it will be priced desktops quite nice if we can say we cannot trust the polls. nice that it will be quite trustcan say we can the polls. there i said the political risk around this election, less week we double the european equity because we thought this was the opportunity to take advantage of that political risk which is holding investors out of europe despite the fact that the economic backdrop has been improving. i think this is been really clear. it is highly likely, very very likely, that you're going to see sort of a coalescing around macron. from left and right. $.25 seems to be eight magic number for the hard right. it is the same and holland and they talk abo -- top out. >> you take comfort from that. other stories that people have seen be similar, that takes broader indications. if this globalization out of the dock? is nationalism back in the box? three safety challenges thrown down to gl

that would have put the whole german french cooperation intojeopardy have put the whole german french cooperation into jeopardy on have put the whole german french cooperation intojeopardy on europe. it would have been a catastrophe for europe. that is why in berlin, the little class and the population at large, both were nervous. think you very much forjoining us, stefan simons and agnes poirier. we will have more coverage from paris throughout the day on bbc news. hello there. we might be we might be heading we might be heading to we might be heading to the we might be heading to the end we might be heading to the end of we might be heading to the end of april, but we have a reminder of winter on the way through the next few days. things are turning colder. there will be some wintry showers on the clouds, and also some frosty nights over the next few nights as well. that is coming about because well. that is coming about because we have a weather front in the north introducing much colder at. this cold front has already worked in through scotland, introduced in sleet and snow shower

speaking french] >> translator: my fellow countrymen, today -- sunday, april 23rd -- the french people have spoken. [cheers and applause] >> [speaking french] >> translator: our country is going through unprecedented times in its history marked by terrorism, economic crisis, social suffering, ecological urgency. and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. [applause] >> [speaking french] >> translator: the people decided the -- to take me on to the second round of presidential elections. [cheers and applause] >> [speaking french] >> translator: i am humbled by this. this is a tremendous responsibility thrust upon me. i want to take advantage of this opportunity to mr. president my greetings -- to present my greetings to all the other candidates. [applause] >> [speaking french] [cheers and applause] >> translator: thank you all for having applauded all of them. now, this is exactly what you should have done, what you're doing. it looks like what we should be doing. [applause] >> [speaking french] >> translator: i know that those who supported those candidates ar

[speaking french] >> your story is an inspiration to us all. the violence you survive at the hand of the taliban and did not deter you as it would so many others. you stood in the face of oppression, your passion for justice only intensified. when you address the un in 2013 you said we realize the important of light when we see darkness. we realize the importance of our voice when we are silent. malala yousafzai, for bravely lending your voice to so many, we thank you. from this day forward, we are all proud to call you canadian. [applause] [speaking french] >> prime minister trudeau will present her the canadian peace power plaque. [applause] >> [speaking french] >> to sing the national anthem, the youth choir. ♪ oh canada ♪ our home and native land ♪ our true patriot love all by sons command ♪ with glowing hearts we see the rise ♪ the true north strong and free ♪ from far and wide ♪ god keep our land glorious and free ♪ oh canada ♪ we stand on guard for thee ♪ oh canada ♪ we stand on guard for thee ♪ [applause] [speaki

the migrant community, the french algerian and french tunisian population, they we re very french tunisian population, they were very nervous french tunisian population, they were very nervous about french tunisian population, they were very nervous about some french tunisian population, they were very nervous about some of the reaction. will they be nervous about marine le pen getting into the second round ? marine le pen getting into the second round? very much so. it'll be interesting to see, once we get the exact details in the coming hour, how does exactly break down in this region? 0ne how does exactly break down in this region? one area has been a place where many migrants and refugees have come through. there has been criticism, not only of the migrants and refugees but the people who have helped them in that particular area. then we go to a small town not too farfrom here. there are people who are quite hard line and agree with marine le pen. they would like to see her do immediately exposed as a cutback on the number of immigrants. populations are very much worried about her. mr

acron: i want to become a president for all french people. ask those to join me where bike -- come from, i will only ask if they agree with the idea of political life. >> he campaigned on neither right or left right. he needs the support of mainstream parties going forward . his rival, le pen, is to paint him as an establishment candidate, a former banker. of realave an option change rather than making no changes. with all the failures of the past five years, the much awaited change will come about. >> attention is on the other -- the public here 19% of the vote. -- 2002 runoff >> in 2002, there was no chance to win the election and yet people voted and got a huge and many people on the left in particular, there is a real possibility to see supporters. >> organizing an online vote for his supporters to choose. >> claire williams is at the campaign headquarters and she joins me now. what is the latest? what is the plan for today? arrived about an hour ago. windows were tinted so we did not see him. is standing outside the headquarters here, an

this might be surprising for non-french people. therefore they ruled that these are compatible with the strict state secularism of france. but it is still a touchy subject. >> you want to put religious symbols and town halls? is that your idea of secularism? >> it's not just a question of religion. it's a tradition and i know that bothers you. to theirattached tradition. they want protection. >> you are wrong. 50% of french people don't have your religion. give us a break from your talk of religion. >> just like christmas trees in schools, it's not just religion, it's a part of our roots. >> what are you talking about? >> well, quite a heated exchange firebrands, the far left and the far right. throughout the campaign you are going to give us the soundbite of the day, today goes to one of the lesser-known candidates. zinger of thest night. who is this? rest assured, most french people didn't know who he was until last night, because he stole the show. he's the candidate from the far left new anti-capitalist party and his day job is

how her policies will affect the french economy. timerkets are rallying big french results. we will hear from italy's finance minister. in banking, why goldman sachs has such a big trading myths in the first quarter. souranking retail turned -- sour for the powerhouse. mark: how european equities are trading right now, what a session it has been. look at le pen and macron runoff. the feeling among investors, macron will emerge victorious in the second round. highest level since 2008. biggest leak today since 2012. the italian stocks are rallying. paul ryan inc. -- rallying today as well. 1.2 percent up today. the fair was if le pen still wins, she takes france out of europe. today.re rallying periphery yields are falling and core yields are rising today. -- not a haven and not necessary. of one million related to the french election. line -- thethe blue white line versus the blue line, the euro-dollar, one month implied volatility. the white line is falling more than the blue line. that is a sign that risk sentiment has improved markedly following volatility in the euro , a

it is not a: 30 in the french capital, and we have a clear 8:30 in the french capital, and we have a clear picture. polling stations have closed. emmanuel macron coming in first at 23.7%. at 21.7%.pen stand at roughly 19.5%, the other candidates. these figures will change. we will cross to fillon who is speaking. fillon: i would like to thank all those who have supported me. i would like to express my gratitude. i will never forget this. on the occasion of the elections, they will have another opportunity to express the views of their right in the center. united, remain determined.

and the french capital. our headlines. hes between antigovernment protesters and the police in venezuela. after a day of protesting the left three dead. we look to our correspondent in caracas. harsh words exchanged between iran and the u.s. as the trump administration pays a visit to its regional rival. 1 presidential candidates face journalist in a new style of live tv shows, three days before the first round of voting. the latest in our continuous campaign c

this has never happened before in french history. the two main parties are not certain of one of them making it into the second round. it is a neck and neck race. we have the extreme left and the very extreme right. did we have one totally new person in manuel noriega -- manuel macron. and then we have the traditional candidate from the conservatives francois fillon. this is a interesting field that has occupied the french because of the tension is very high. the polls even said that it might be possible that the left winger and right winger would make it into the second round which would mean on april 6, the french which is between two very extreme parties. which is very unheard of. it is a period of great insecurity and political tension and unrest in france at the moment. these elections have been far from normal. >> we know that u.s. president donald trump has offered his condolences to the people of france after the killing of that police officer in paris, saying it looks like another terrorist attack, something french authoriti

for the french election, people are putting more money into the french etf's. we saw flows of $57 million out thursday and 57 million in yesterday. little bit. you can see the volatility creeping about the end of that chart. watch this etf. this is the one you see a lot of people using to express opinions around the french election, should it go to a runoff especially. what about other elections in europe and what etf's can be used there? other country etf's? european union breakup odds are at 18% right now. let's say there is a frexit. possibilities that could happen. you could see germany -- let's say that starts to happen. single country etf's will probably be used to do that as opposed to playing the holy you but a retail -- playing the whole e.u. those are the single country tickers to play bu breakups. let's switch gears. etf etf's.about eric: a new etf launched yesterday. it is the etf industry etf and it is an etf tracking the growth of the etf industry. it has exposure to the whole ecosystem. we are talking blackrock, but you also have exchanges, servi

to restore the french borders. do you think this is going to benefit marine le pen? >> possibly, also. again, there are the economic subject. france.e subjects in these attacks we are getting for now a month -- remember, we had 240 people killed in paris 18 months ago. it is a real subject. marine le pen has extreme measures. francois fillon is a more realistic vision. he wants control of the national borders, of course. heads ofto convince states and governments in the european union to have real frontier is at the frontiers of europe and the union. and he wants, also, more flexibility to build an international coalition and links with russia, in syria, and iran, to fight this islamic state. caroline: however, don't you think this goes to creating , this possible terrorist? we know in marseille, their newspapers showing francois fillon on the front page. >> they hate him because he has the most realistic plan to get rid of this islamic terrorism. it is not a surprise that it is a target for them. caroline: does th

purchased from the french. here you have a mascot brought over, probably snuck over by then american, because i don't think dogs were typically allowed on the transports. here you have americans entering france for the first time. in letters i have read, it was astonishing, because often they would see in these towns were women dressed in black. widows or the daughters of fathers of those who were killed. susan: the europeans must have just been floored at the numbers of americans who came over. mitchell: they are jumping ahead here. this is the americans being put into the line to help stop the germans in this great offensive in the spring and early summer of 1918. allison: and this battle is famous for the efforts of the first division, the big red one. mitchell: this is the artillery. 75 millimeter french artillery. the americans did not have their own guns to bring over. so, we borrowed them from the french. one of the more famous artillery commanders in world war i was captain harry s. truman, who was a ba

almost 900 and cross of the french capital. we have been talking to a steady strea m we have been talking to a steady stream of voters who have been coming along. they are turning out in defiance of the ongoing state of emergency and the security threat that everyone knows is all around them. people getting on, at least once we have been speaking to. not just the ordinary folk of france, also some of the candidates themselves in the few minutes. one of them, the far right national front leader, marine le pen, in her home district. she has been in the ballot box already today. doubles have been open just over three hours. as also be centre—right candidates, centre candidates, sorry. he is in —— he has also made his way to the polling station. add a candidates will be doing so in the forthcoming hours. 47 million french people eligible to vote today. the turnout is going to be very important ina turnout is going to be very important in a very tight race. this press reports from james reynolds. no one wants to miss a single

french government debt is close to 100% of gdp. the international monetary fund has warned if economic growth weakens significantly and the state get less tax revenues, then its debt burden could rise further. and the vast public sector in france is a huge strain on state finances — the nation has one of the highest public spending ratios among developed economies at more than half of total national output. joining me now from paris is laurent clavel, head of macroeconomic research at axa investment managers. good morning, thank you for being with us. good morning. first of all, give us your reaction to this outcome on sunday. the euro spiking toa5— outcome on sunday. the euro spiking to a 5— month high. why? why are they ploughing into the euro, do you think? well, as you said earlier, it was very difficult to predict this election and we have developed our own model to correct and aggregate poles and we had a roughly 20 cents chance to have a market unfriendly outcome which would have dampened the euro and now, the result f

i am very happy to be joint by of the french senate. and also representing the french --. how could this attack change this first round of voting? >> people will react with their emotions. solidarity. feeling badly for the family of the police man who was killed and those who are fighting for their lives. one needs to be coolheaded in a time like this. and work on preventing further attacks rather than reacting with emotions and possibly being led to finding the wrong solutions. far right wing candidate, marine le pen, playing on security and immigration issues during this campaign. could this attack benefit marine le pen? >> she has been playing with fear. these attacks have nothing to do with immigration. i think she is mixing up different issues just because that is what her party stands for. based on racist party nationalism and so on, so she is taking any excuse to blame people. is playing on that, and she will continue to do so. caroline: could this also benefit france while field -- francois fillon? >> these two candidates have had a very hard line with the security

latest roundup of news from the french presidential election campaign. joining the onset and both to thets were invited ceremony in honor of the policeman killed at the champs elysees in last week's terror attack. >> a ended a few moments ago. so moving tribute and seeing marine le pen from the far right and the centrist emmanuel macron , they are both arriving at this ceremony. they were invited by the and aent hollande symbolic invitation, symbolic appearance, the first step to an official role well when the final steps of the french president. continues with no less than two weeks to go before the second round of them run off. we are getting a clear picture of who voted for who in the first round? >> analysts are crunching the numbers and we got all of the information it. it is interesting to see who voted for hole in the first round. a major upset for a traditional party. a little bit more about why marine le pen and imageable macron w -- emmanuel macron won. macron and marine le pen, the candidates have different political platforms and a very diffe

let's stay with the pictures from the french capital, let's bring you up the french capital, let's bring you up to date. a major anti—terrorist operation is under way in france. a gunman opened fire in paris on a police bus in the heart of the french capital. one officer killed, two others wounded, quite seriously we understand, a passerby also hurt. the attacker then shot dead by police. all this on one of the city's best—known streets, known around the world, the champs—elysee. the driver drove a car up to the bus, got out, thought to have been an assault rifle that he fired, media reports suggest he is known to the intelligence services. in the eastern suburbs of paris police are searching his home. the islamic state say they are behind the shooting. just days before the first round of the french presidential election. that's it for now. much more to come. hello. if you think we're done with winter weather, think again. it'll turn colder for a time next week. frost and even some wintry showers around. it is fairly quiet, and i say that because we have rain affecting scotland wit

unfortunately, whoever wins the french election... i'm not a politician, i do not have that much interest in how politics affects things. but if you look at france... it is in a mess. the economy is only growing at i%. there isa economy is only growing at i%. there is a10% unemployment rate and the debt versus gdp is approaching one yea rs debt versus gdp is approaching one years economic output of france. dire economic situation but a lot of a nalysts a re dire economic situation but a lot of analysts are saying that if marine le pen becomes the leader of france then we could see parity with the us dollar. we certainly could see that because the market hates uncertainty. if marine le pen were to win there would be a great deal of uncertainty. and i say again, france has economic problems call. so does the eurozone. they have the ministers meeting later on, it may need to talk about a lot of things. notjust brexit but, certainly, they will probably now need to talk about a french exit as well and how they will solve problems within th

mitchell: they're must be french -- mostly french models used by the americans. susan: now strongly reinforced enemy. mitchell: by the early part of october, the germans had brought up a number of divisions. they were really holding their ground against the americans. the battle was starting to fall apart. i talked a little bit before about how pershing had to regroup. really it started in late september, early october, where the germans were preventing the americans from moving forward. susan: it really is quite stunning to look at these battle scenes between the germans, americans, french, and british and to think what strong allies we all are today. allison: that is the most interesting things about looking back at these films. you can see the progression of history, but the people fighting in these wars did not know what was going to happen. today, we have a very sort of privileged way of looking back at it. mitchell: this is really the beginnings of coalition warfare. susan: could you speak more about that? mitchell: today, we have nato. it is not unusual fo

of new-ness,ace the new face of french hope. the new face that 15 days from now, i would want to see triumphant. [applause] [chanting] citizens, there are not many france's there is only one, our france, the france of patriots. in a europe that protects her , we are -- and that we are going to have to rebuild, it is a huge has -- task ahead but i'm ready for it. you ready side-by-side with . [applause] the struggle to be worthy, to lead our country, begins tonight, and we shall win it! long live the republic! long live in france! [applause] >> c-span's washington journal live every day with policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, the press white house reporter catherine lucy and political reporter -- they discussed the week ahead in congress. on therketwatch reporter future of student loan forgiveness programs for public servants. sure to watch c-span's washington journal, life at 7:00am monday morning, join the discussion. ♪ >> all month, we are featuring c-span's studentcam winners. this year, students told

french nationals and once at the sin. another person was killed when the plane crashed into the truck. the cause of the accident is unknown. there are a few days left before france votes in one of the most unpredictable french elections in many years. almost one third of voters are yet to make up their minds. every rally, speech and event can make a difference in these last few days of the campaign, francois fillon is rallying his supporters in nice tonight. the other three leading camp -- other three leading candidates are campaigning here. even the his rivals are closing the gap, claire williams has been at his rally. going back to the basics of his campaign, telling his supporters here of the rally in paris. it is about renewal. the movement he created just a year ago. that movement is also weakening. they do not have the support base other candidates enjoy. longs -- a long-established support base. here in a lot of energy paris. is actuallytrength the fact that i am about to change. and it is about three new will. he

you are in the face of hope, french hope. in a fortnight, i wa nt hope, french hope. in a fortnight, i want us to win will stop —— i want us want us to win will stop —— i want us to win. my my fellow citizens, there are not different france says. just the one france. it will be an enormous and immense task. i will be actively on your side. the struggle to be able to be the leader of our country starts tonight and we will win that struggle. long live the republic and long live france. so, there is emmanuel macron taking the adoration of his supporters. talking about the fact he is the candidate of optimism and hope. he said he wants to relaunch the european project. he understands the expectations they have of him. not much in terms of policy. we will talk about that in a second. he did say he wants to bring new people and new talents to french politics. he is looking forward to the parliamentary elections in june. this is a movement, en marche, not a party does to be is talking about bringing a whole, new political class to the national assembly. as we watch t

the french were so thankful. there were accounts of french living and sellers for months, not having enough food, water, heat. susan: and german pows. mitchell: they were used to bring wounded to the rear. they were brought to camps. they called them cages. germans were allowed to read, watch theater, played instruments, sports. it really was not a bad situation once they were captured. usan: in addition to the american offensive, this is one here americans supported efforts by the allies. mitchell: they did. primarily americans with support from the french, plus the air power used by the germans -- i'm sorry, by the italians in british and french. here is a completely different theater, the so-called hindenburg line north of paris, where to american divisions have spent time with the british national guard, the 27th and 30th. they would attack one of the strongest german defensive positions late in september. susan: complemented by the australians. mitchell: by the australian core, yes. the australians love the

/french relations. president trump weighed in in part delicately via tweet talking about it being a really interesting election. what does this mean for this white house? >> the president's interview with the ap went even further. he was really cautious but when he talked to the associated press he said that marine le pen was the strongest on immigration and the strongest on things happening in france. in american context, this is just a fascinating final two to be in the election. it's almost as if you have gary hart or bill bradley against donald trump. i mean, you have in essence this modern coalition that is fiscally conservative, socially liberal, pro globalization and as jim said fundamentally urban based against a kind of more blue collar older nonurban le pen coalition with the one difference between the u.s. and france is that le pen has been much stronger with millennial voters than either donald trump was or that the brexit was. but basically you are seeing the same divide politically across

in their race for the french presidency... in their race for the french presidency... independent centrist emmanuel macron faces the front national‘s marine le pen in a fortnight after beating both mainstream parties yesterday. a new iraq in french politics but which way will the voters turn? two macron, globalisation and more europe or to marine le pen for security and control of borders? they have 13 days to decide. parties hit the campaign trail here — with jeremy corbyn pledging to strengthen britain's trade unions and fight for working people. only labour will deliver for working people, small businesses, and our most voluble people. none of the rest would even think of these types of policy. —— vulnerable. a 21—year—old man is arrested after a former royal navy officer was killed by burglars who ran him over with his own car. arthur collins — former boyfriend of reality tv personality ferne mccann — is charged over the acid attack which injured 20 people. and london marathon's most heart—warming moment. the man who sacrificed his own race time t

i think the eu is in the dna of the french people ina way is in the dna of the french people in a way that it is in the dna of the french people inaway that it in : q); it in britain, not 3t“ " " " ' ' " britain, not so 2 " " " ' ' " britain, not so much. zzz " " " ' ' " britain, not so much.| zzz " " " ' ' " britain, not so much. ithinkz' " " " ' ' " in britain, not so much. i think there has always been that doubt. givena fourto there has always been that doubt. given a four to be part of it when you want to, and not when you don't. dennis lillee schizophrenic —— there has been a schizophrenic attitude to europe. again, what i think is interesting for politicians around the world watching us, and looking at the wider phenomenon on, you have the brexit, ok not called right by the brexit, ok not called right by the polls, but that was a rejection of the eu, but a rejection of globalisation and immigration. you then had donald trump. so it interesting to have % the result interesting to have seen the result that happened in the netherlands, and we are now seeing tonight in france

let's get more on those french elections. the far—right candidate marine le pen, who finished a close second to the centrist emmanuel macron in the first round, says the survival of france is at stake in the election. her front nationale party, has only ever reached the second round of a presidential race once before, while mr macron‘s party was set up just 12 months ago. 0ur france correspondent lucy williamson looks now, at the changing face of french politics. 0ne country, one electorate, two very different faces. france has chosen change, but of what sort? emmanuel macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very quickly. instead, he brought in those disillusioned with france's traditional parties. his liberal pro— europe policies attracting voters from both right and left. but voters from both right and left. but voters from both right and left. but voters from right and left also chose marine le pen, who was everything that a emmanu

terrorists who are french. close the mosques that are deemed too radical. it's all measures we know from marine le pen. she's taking advantage of what happened yesterday to convince maybe some voters that she's the best bet against terror. you heard the political analysts before saying the bulk of the front national voters are already in there. so whether she will be in -- whether she will be in capacity to attract more voters after the terror attacks, we have unfortunately become accustomed to in france, since it's repeatedly happened to france since 2015, whether she will be able to grab more voters because she does this kind of marshal declaration remains to be seen. as you know, the favorite is still emanuel macron. can the event of yesterday impact him? that's also a question because it's true that he appears less experienced, you know, and quite new. he's 39. is he able to face this kind of threat on our territory? that's a question that maybe people in the secrecy of the polling vote will ask themselves.

you are the face of new-ness, the new face of french hope. the new face that 15 days from now, i would want to see triumphant. [applause] [chanting] my fellow citizens, there are not many france's there is only one, our france, the france of patriots. in a europe that protects her citizens, we are -- and that we are going to have to rebuild, it is a huge has -- task ahead but i'm ready for it. i am ready side-by-side with you. [applause] the struggle to be worthy, to lead our country, begins tonight, and we shall win it! long live the republic! long live in france! [applause] >> for president barack obama is in chicago for his first public appearance since leaving office. he will talk about civic engagement and community organizing with young adults at the university of chicago's center for the arts. here on c-span we will take you there live around noon easter. -- eastern. jeff sessions talks about workplace standards at the next conference in washington. concludes the discussion with former department justice officials from the constant, ge

more than 35% for him in the french capital. marine le pen did better in regions that went for nicolas sarkozy in 2012. also the southeast of france where she did very well. high unemployment there and she did well in some major cities like marseille and nice. she will have a thursday night rally. vonnie: what should the strategy be for both candidates? should they go for the undecided people? do they look for more endorsements? what with their advisors tell them? the advisor i spoke to was an economic advisor of marine le pen and said that marine le pen will try to extend her base by counting on the votes of the who didan candidate about 19% and also appealing to the far left candidate. he also did about 19%. surprising but even though the far left and the far right have very different approaches on things like immigration, their programs on economic policies and anti-establishment are similar for some of the voters of the far left. also, i want to bring you information that came out about the republican candidate. i have to in

he's the return to all the old glory of french politics that has been responsible for landing the french people in the very difficult situation they are in today. reporter: le pen will no doubt continue her campaign against the so-called elites in the coming days. never before in a french election have there been so few votes for the established parties. conservative candidate, francois fillon, came in third, while benoit hamon, the ruling socialist, came in a humiliating fifth place. >> i think the french people want change. they want to turn the page on the last 60 years, on this right-left divide. i don't mind having a young president. but we need with it a platform that can stay the course. reporter: today we find ourselves with macron, who comes from who knows where? and with an extremist who can effectively cause fear. i don't think le pen will win the runoff. but i don't know what to think of macron. reporter: an extremist and a centrist, french voters have two weeks before they need to decide. macron is ahead right now, but two weeks is a long time in politics. ♪[singing] >> oh

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with the french election. france, theref was a house where a whole lot of explosives were found. everybody is extremely nervous. justttacks just took place as the presidential candidates held their last debate. a number of those candidates have been tweeting. some of them have been known up more thanine security others. some of the candidates have suspended their campaigning on the last day of campaigning tomorrow. it is not known what impact these attacks will have on the presidential election. east ofouse to the paris has been rated by security officers. was he acting alone? reporter: we are hearing that police are looking for a second attacker. there are reports from french media that a warrant has been issued for a second attacker. there was a report that that second attacker was believed to come in to paris from belgium. that is not confirmed, as you could imagine so close to the events taking place. alive with rumors. we are awaiting official confirmation of the facts. police are carrying out an official

be a tad slick for the french. they need more grounding and details. >> rose: so. >> how about france giving it over then, let's say to a 39 year old neo fiet who has never run for elected office after so many years of grand old statesmen who may not have done good jobs, but it's amazing how fast this country has sort of like yes, that's t the 39 year old or right wing extremist. >> he reminded may for, jfx still remains hugely popular in france, the image of jfx. reminded may more of tony blair in 1997, right. a new wind, a young man, hugely appealing, a third way. and intended to dissolve and dematerialize in the absence of a specific project. >> reinhaven'ting politics t is always a reactive policy and it denned -- tends. >> but it works. >> he came apart on that particularly but it had sog-- there is something wish bfl it, and i would far sooner have the wishfulness of macron than the wickedness of le pen but none the less we can't prevend there isn't a wishfulness in. >> well ale see you how he does in the deb

what more can the french authorities do in terms of providing extra security? they were already planning to have 50,000 security forces out and about in france for the elections on sunday, so france for the elections on sunday, soido france for the elections on sunday, so i do not think there is more in terms of security they can do. the experience from a year and a half ago was that people were very determined not to let the terrorists change the way of life or knock them off what they were intending to do. the reaction in paris will be one of real resilience and determination, not to be cowed by this attack. but it will increase anxiety and tension. there was already a plot disrupted a couple of days ago in marseille, said this shows that france is under a high level of threat the moment. francois fillon according to reuters has been calling for the election campaign to be suspended. how likely is that in the light of the fact that france wa nts to the light of the fact that france wants to show that normal life can carry on? i think he has talked about suspe