was last night facing a battle to convince French voters to back him in the first round of the presidential election this weekend. Mr Macron is facing a historic low turnout, with up to a third of voters set to snub the ballot, after barely campaigning in recent weeks in order to focus on Ukraine. But by ignoring the French electorate – he had blamed ‘diary constraints’ for skipping a national TV debate earlier this week – the president has aided the momentum of far-Right firebrand Marine Le Pen.
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