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How Ukraine has strengthened Emmanuel Macron

Russia’s invasion has made it hard for rival candidates to get noticed.

As Russia continues its attack in Ukraine, the French election has featured little in news coverage and the public consciousness. Will this help Emmanuel Macron’s hopes of winning re-election?

In this episode of France Elects, Ido Vock gets the latest polling from the New Statesman’s data guru Ben Walker, and then speaks to Catherine Fieschi, the director of Counterpoint, and the Paris-based journalist John Lichfield about how the campaign is unfolding.

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