Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has made a surprise move and looks set to go head-to-head with Emmanuel Macron in France’s second round of presidential elections. Gideon talks to Anne-Sylvaine Chassany of the Financial Times and Bruno Cautrès of the School of Political Science about what French voters care about and what comes next.

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