020 7898 0500As large parts of the world return to work after the Easter Bank Holidays, we’re now less than a week away from the first round of the French Presidential elections. What was recently seen as a two-horse race between the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, has quickly developed into a four-place playoff.
Recent polls suggest that both centre-right candidate Francois Fillon and far-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon have a fighting chance of going through to the head-to-head in the second round. Although seen as unlikely, it is impossible to rule either out and, as we have all too often seen of late, polls are hardly indicative of the final result.
