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The results on Sunday night will reveal who has been the most convincing in their promise to protect the European citizen

Elections set to quantify rise of populism in Europe

Elections 2019 • 21 May 19

Marine Le Pen was placed under formal investigation last March

Le Pen ordered to submit to psychiatric evaluation

Europe • 20 Sep 18

National Assembly voted in November to strip the National Front president of her parliamentary immunity

France's Marine Le Pen charged over IS tweets

World • 01 Mar 18

Marine Le Pen has denied the charges

Marine Le Pen charged over EU funding scandal

Europe • 30 Jun 17

Marine Le Pen is expected to be elected to the French national parliament this weekend

Marine Le Pen loses immunity in defamation case

World • 15 Jun 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

Emmanuel Macron will be the youngest leader in the current Group of Seven (G7) major nations

Macron: From unknown adviser to president of France

Europe • 08 May 17

Marine Le Pen delivers a speech at the Chalet du Lac in Paris after being defeated in the French presidential elections

Le Pen campaign fails to convince enough voters

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

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 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

Marine Le Pen has promised to call a referendum and restore the national franc currency if elected as president in France

'Banks will not quit France if France quits euro'

Business • 04 Apr 17

Emmanuel Macron is widely expected to win the election

Macron wins backing of Socialist heavyweight

Politics • 23 Mar 17

Francois Fillon is mired in a scandal over public money he paid his wife to be his parliamentary assistant

France's Fillon calls on party to unite around him

News • 06 Mar 17

Marine Le Pen has so far refused to attend a police interview over the investigation

EU Parliament lifts Le Pen immunity over IS tweets

News • 02 Mar 17

Marine Le Pen has so far refused to attend a police interview over the investigation

European committee votes to lift Le Pen's immunity

World • 28 Feb 17

Marine Le Pen said that she formally denied any wrongdoing

Le Pen's chief of staff under formal investigation

News • 22 Feb 17

Emmanuel Macron has never held elected office

Bayrou backing boosts Macron in French election

News • 22 Feb 17

EU rules say the funds in question should only be used only to pay EU politicians' assistants

National Front accuse French police of media stunt

News • 20 Feb 17

Benoit Hamon and Jean-Luc Melenchon have very different views on Europe

Leftist candidates may work together in France

News • 17 Feb 17

Francois Fillon has said he will step down if he is placed under formal investigation

Prosecutor to continue Fillon probe

News • 16 Feb 17

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