Emmanuel Macron launches bid for second term as French president
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he would run for a second term in elections next month, vowing to work to strengthen France and Europe in the face of an "accumulation of crises".
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- Published Date: 10:18 | 03 March 2022
- Modified Date: 10:29 | 03 March 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday he would run for a second term in April's election, seeking a mandate to steer the euro zone's second-largest economy through the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Macron announced his bid in a letter published by several regional newspapers.
If he succeeds, he would be the first French leader for two decades to win a renewed term in office.
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