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Is President Macron’s re-election as safe as it looks?

16 February 2022

12:10 AM

16 February 2022

12:10 AM

In February 1995, Jacques Chirac was at 12 per cent in the polls. Two months later he was president. Two months is precisely the time remaining before the first round of voting in the 2022 presidential election.

At the moment, President Macron’s advantage looks unassailable: the Economist’s tracker puts his chances of being re-elected at over 80 per cent.

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