France sets date for presidential election

France will go to the polls to elect its next president on April 18 and May 2, 2027, an executive source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports.

"It will be made official tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Council of Ministers," the source added.

Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration National Rally party sees next year's election as its strongest chance yet to take power.

Polls have consistently suggested that the far right could take the lead in the first round of the 2027 elections, but it is not yet clear who its candidate will be.

Le Pen hopes to run for president for the fourth time next year, after coming third in 2012, and then reaching the runoff twice against President Emmanuel Macron, who was serving his second and final term.

She will be her Eurosceptic party's candidate if an appeals court on July 7 does not bar her from office over an alleged scam involving fake jobs in the European Parliament.

Under the constitution, the vote must be held between 20 and 35 days before the end of Macron's five-year term./CNA, translated by France24

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