April 24th, 2022; France Decides

 

French President, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the weakness of his campaign on Saturday, ahead of the first round of presidential election voting. Macron worked hard to retain a share of voters in what was his first rally on Saturday, late in the campaign due to distraction from the war in Ukraine.

Although Macron is still on the lead, he’s lost some ground in the polls due to his late campaign and the increment of 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 appeal to center-left voters, who the polls have suggested may abstain from voting.

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