Iron Lady in distress: Can France’s Valérie Pécresse make it to second round?
02 April 2022 |
3:01 pm
France's conservative presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse is back on the campaign trail after being sidelined for five days because of Covid-19. She says she is "campaigning for real purchasing power", but can she still qualify for the second round of April's election? Plus, our reporters went to Yannick Jadot's big rally in Paris to find out why the Greens' chances of winning France's presidential election look so slim.
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