French voters have a big choice to make on public services, immigration and foreign policy.
wants to pay for much of his programme by raising the pension age from 62 to 65. But his policy has not played well with voters - especially on the left - so he has now indicated it could be raised to 64 instead. "It makes sense that I should be ready to listen," he explained. He has also promised to raise the minimum state pension from €950 to €1,100 .wants to keep the pension age at 62, although anyone who began working at 20 could retire at 60.
wants to ban women from wearing the headscarf in public places and fine them for not doing so. She calls the veil a "uniform" imposed by people with a radical vision of Islam. France has Western Europe's biggest Muslim population, and as 69% voted for far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round, the Muslim vote could play an important part in the second round.
She has also vowed to halt all co-operation with Germany, including military tank and warplanes projects, preferring to see France as a "big power that counts". An admirer of Brexit, she talks about freeing France from the "straitjacket of Brussels", while denying she harbours hopes of Frexit.has been critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but her reliance on Russia for bank loans to her party and her friendly relations with Vladimir Putin have not been forgotten.
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