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Presidential Elections in France: Its reflection on Geopolitics and India
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Presidential Elections in France: Its reflection on Geopolitics and India

France is going for Presidential Election this Sunday with alienation and economic hardship as the main issues. The surging cost of living amid other fallouts from Russia’s war on Ukraine, security and immigration, climate change, rise in Islamic fundamentalism and terror are the other key issues. The incumbent President Emmanuel Macron (44) has been challenged by Marine Le Pen (53) from the extreme right. President Macron became the nation’s youngest elected leader in 2017. During his rule, he overhauled the labour code, eliminated wealth tax and reformed the national railway company. But his reformist zeal was tempered by massive strikes over his pension reform plans, Yellow Vest protests and the coronavirus pandemic. He announced his re-election bid just a day before the deadlin...