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EXPLAINED: Who are the top candidates in France’s presidential election? | AFP

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Candidates are launching their campaigns for France’s 2027 Presidential election, now less than six months away, and it could be hugely consequential not just within the country but for all of Europe. So who are the leading contenders? What are their policies? And how has the violence of the student protests affected the race? AFP’s Will Edwards explains.

00:00 Introduction

01:06 Marine Le Pen

03:36 Jean-Luc Melenchon

04:37 Edouard Philippe

05:34 Gabriel Attal

06:10 Centre Left and Centre Right

07:10 Other candidates & summary

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