France

French presidential hopefuls lock horns for first debate

French presidential hopefuls lock horns for first debate

  • Candidates, spanning the hard left to far right, agreed that France was facing economic trouble, at a debate organized by the country’s employer’s federation MEDEF
  • Marine Le Pen, seeking the presidency at her fourth attempt and riding high in the polls, announced her far-right National Rally (RN) party would present a €125 billion cost-cutting plan
By AFP ·