BBCNEWS BBC News March 18, 2022 17:25:00
Around the flag effect. it helps when the opposition, all 11 of them from far left to far right, are failing to put up much of a fight. one of his main challengers, marine le pen, is damaged by her own past associations with the russians. the other far right winger, eric zemmour, who once said france needed its own vladimir putin, now has egg on face. the mainstream�*s right, valerie pecres, is also fighting to stay in the election. the battle for all of them is to get through round one to be in the run—off against macron in round two. but she says it�*s been impossible to fight a campai...