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Emmanuel Macron faces a daunting to-do list

Five challenges for France's new president

French presidential election 2017 / 14 May 17

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) greets the crowds as he walks with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo after the ceremony

Macron vows to heal divisions as he takes power

French presidential election 2017 / 14 May 17

Ex-French PM offers to back Macron in June elections

World / 09 May 17

Emmanuel Macron's spokesman said 'he is going to make sure he will be vigilant in protecting the French people'

Macron tells Trump he will defend Paris climate deal

Europe / 08 May 17

Marine Le Pen wants to close borders and quit the euro currency, while Emmanuel Macron wants closer European cooperation and an open economy

Macron stretches lead in last throes of French campaign

French presidential election 2017 / 05 May 17

Opinion polls show Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, has roughly a 20 point lead over Marine Le Pen

French prosecutor investigating fake news claims

World / 04 May 17

Marine Le Pen's speech closely resembled one delivered by Francois Fillon

Euro a dead weight on the French economy - Le Pen

French presidential election 2017 / 02 May 17

Marine Le Pen said she had no more contact with her father and was not responsible for his 'unacceptable comments'

Le Pen portrays Macron as clone of Hollande

French presidential election 2017 / 01 May 17

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan would be Marine Le Pen's prime minister if she wins election

Le Pen announces eurosceptic for possible PM role

News / 29 Apr 17

Marine Le Pen faces off with Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidential election next weekend

Le Pen's replacement embroiled in Holocaust controversy

News / 28 Apr 17

Marine Le Pen denies the allegations

Le Pen's party accused of €5m European Parliament fraud

French presidential election 2017 / 27 Apr 17

Emmanuel Macron's campaign cited as evidence the results of a study by security firm Trend Micro

Macron campaign says cyber attacks failed to steal data

News / 26 Apr 17

Emmanuel Macron gave a 15-minute speech on Sunday night and held his arms aloft in a V for victory

Macron criticised for taking victory for granted

World / 25 Apr 17

Jean-Marie and Marine Le Pen at a National Front event in 2014

Le Pen's father says campaign was too laid back

French presidential election 2017 / 25 Apr 17

Ms Le Pen said she was temporarily standing down as National Front leader to concentrate on the presidential campaign

Hollande urges France to reject Le Pen

French presidential election 2017 / 24 Apr 17

Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have radically contrasting economic visions

Macron and Le Pen go head-to-head for French presidency

World / 23 Apr 17

Two candidates will progress to the 7 May run-off after this Sunday's poll

Four candidates in contention for French presidency

French presidential election 2017 / 24 Apr 17

Francois Fillon has cast himself as the man to deliver the 'deep transformation, almost a revolution' he says France needs

Profile: Francois Fillon

French presidential election 2017 / 21 Apr 17

Polls have consistently shown Marine Le Pen as one of the favourites to get through first round

Profile: Marine Le Pen

French presidential election 2017 / 21 Apr 17

Emmanuel Macron said recent leaders had betrayed the post-war generation which had rebuilt the country

Profile: Emmanuel Macron

French presidential election 2017 / 21 Apr 17

Jean-Luc Melenchon, if elected, would call a 'Frexit' referendum if EU leaders refuse to radically change course

Profile: Jean-Luc Melenchon

French presidential election 2017 / 21 Apr 17

Diplomats insisted there was no plan if Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Melenchon go into the 7 May run-off

EU has no 'Plan B' if French voters deliver upset

World / 21 Apr 17

France goes to the polls to choose a new president on 23 April and on 7 May in a two-stage election

Two held over 'imminent and violent' attack in France

French presidential election 2017 / 18 Apr 17

Marine Le Pen - 'It is a choice between a France that is rising again and a France that is sinking'

Le Pen would 'suspend all immigration' if elected

World / 18 Apr 17

Opinion polls put Marine Le Pen in first or second place in the first round of voting on 23 April

French judges ask for Le Pen immunity to be lifted

French presidential election 2017 / 14 Apr 17

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