Emmanuel Macron

The recent French presidential election has been viewed as a bellwether of European politics, as the usual race between the center-left and center-right has been replaced with a contest between a decades-old populist nationalist group and an newly created independent movement of progressive globalism. Here is what you should know about the election to choose France’s next president.

Last evening’s French presidential debate was unprecedented: never before had such confrontation between the candidates occurred before the first round of voting.