Who will be France’s President? In some overseas areas, voting is already taking place today due to the time difference. The polling stations in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon will open in a few hours.
The crucial final round of the French presidential election begins today in some overseas territories.
In the vote on the highest French office, the liberal incumbent Emmanuel Macron is aiming for a second term. The right-wing Marine Le Pen competes against him. The outcome of the election is therefore significant for cooperation with Germany and in Europe.
In mainland France, the election will take place on Sunday. Because of the time difference to the French overseas territories, which are several hours behind Paris, voting will take place there on Saturday. The first is the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off the east coast of Canada, where polling stations open at 12:00 p.m. CET (8:00 a.m. local time). French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Polynesia follow.
Polls put Macron 55.5 to 57.5 percent ahead of Le Pen. Since they qualified for the runoff about two weeks ago, he has slowly but surely extended his lead. In the first round of voting, too, he had more votes than she did. In France, however, the candidate who finished second in the first round repeatedly won the runoff. There were a total of twelve candidates in the first ballot.
The French President has wide-ranging powers and serves for five years. He is more powerful than the prime minister appointed by him and has a significant influence on the fate of the country. A total of 48.7 million people are registered to vote.
Source: Stern
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