French Presidential Election - Will the Right Lose Because of Putin?

Not long ago, it seemed as if right-wing populists could come to power in France after the presidential election – similar to Trump in the US. However, since Putin’s war against Ukraine, the popularity ratings of the incumbent Emmanuel Macron have risen sharply. What does this mean for the first round of the election on April 10? And why do the French vote so strongly for right-wing extremists in the first place? Are the causes the same as in Germany, except for the scale of the phenomenon?

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