After thes first round an in the run up to the second, the mood in france is nervous. It's rebellious. And sir emanuel macran will have his work cut out trying to win over voters on the disappointed left and on the centre right. He actually told his supporters this at a recent outside paris: there is no room for complacency.
President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen of the nationalist-populist National Rally party will advance to a run-off; in the continuation of our series, we ask what to expect in an unexpectedly tight race. Russian military communications have proven easy to intercept, leading to poor co-ordination and heavy battlefield losses. And South Korea’s millennials are frantically hunting for Pokémon-themed snacks.
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