France Set to Elect its Next President on April 24th, 2022

Macron held first rally on Saturday, ahead of first round of presidential election voting.

French President, Emmanuel Macron dangled the possibility of a Brexit-like debacle in his campaign rally on Saturday, ahead of the first round of presidential election voting. Macron worked to pull back a share of voters in what was his first rally on Saturday, late in the campaign due to being distracted by the war in Ukraine.

Although Macron is still just about in the lead, he’s lost some ground in the polls due to his late campaign efforts and his policies on increasing the state pension age to 65. In his two-hour rally speech on Saturday, Macron touched on topics such as job creation in the healthcare system in a bid to attract center-left voters, who the polls have suggested may abstain from voting.

Macron supporters chanted for the current President’s re-election, waving the French tricolor flag while shouting, “Macron, president! One, two, five more years!”