Frances Big Decision

Published: April 22, 2022, 9:50 a.m.

b'When they go to the polls on Sunday, voters in France will be faced with the same two presidential candidates as 2017: Emmanuel Macron, the president and a polished centrist, and Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally party.\\n\\nYet the context is different. There is a war in Europe, and the contest is tight.\\n\\nWhat are the stakes in the runoff election, and how has the race become so close?\\n\\nGuest: Roger Cohen, Paris bureau chief for The New York Times.'