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| 7 of Our Best Reads on the French Presidential Election | |
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| The first round of the French presidential election will take place on Sunday, a crucial moment in what has been an unusually tight, unpredictable and complex race. For the past few months, New York Times reporters have traveled around France covering the issues at play, the plight of the country’s regions and the abundance of candidates. Here are some of our in-depth articles about the race: | The first round of the French presidential election will take place on Sunday, a crucial moment in what has been an unusually tight, unpredictable and complex race. For the past few months, New York Times reporters have traveled around France covering the issues at play, the plight of the country’s regions and the abundance of candidates. Here are some of our in-depth articles about the race: |
| The presidential candidate François Fillon has found himself in deep trouble over payments from public funds to his wife and children. France has a long history of such cozy arrangements, but the revelations about Mr. Fillon tapped a wellspring of anger. | The presidential candidate François Fillon has found himself in deep trouble over payments from public funds to his wife and children. France has a long history of such cozy arrangements, but the revelations about Mr. Fillon tapped a wellspring of anger. |
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| France is losing the core of its provincial towns — dense hubs of urbanity deep in the countryside where Balzac set his novels, prefects issued edicts and citizens shopped for 50 cheeses. Our reporter Adam Nossiter headed to Albi, one of those small towns whose fate is intertwined with voters’ anxieties about the French way of life. | France is losing the core of its provincial towns — dense hubs of urbanity deep in the countryside where Balzac set his novels, prefects issued edicts and citizens shopped for 50 cheeses. Our reporter Adam Nossiter headed to Albi, one of those small towns whose fate is intertwined with voters’ anxieties about the French way of life. |
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| A traditional distaste for the far right appeared to be softening during this campaign. Uncertainties and a sense that mainstream parties have failed to offer solutions to the country’s economic anemia have left the National Front, led by Marine Le Pen, better positioned than at any other time in its 45-year history. | A traditional distaste for the far right appeared to be softening during this campaign. Uncertainties and a sense that mainstream parties have failed to offer solutions to the country’s economic anemia have left the National Front, led by Marine Le Pen, better positioned than at any other time in its 45-year history. |
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| Ms. Le Pen sought to sanitize the image of the National Front and distance the party from the uglier associations of Europe’s far right. The efforts seemed to have paid off, but the news that two of her associates had longtime links to Nazi sympathizers and the party’s campaign finance scandals raised new doubts. | Ms. Le Pen sought to sanitize the image of the National Front and distance the party from the uglier associations of Europe’s far right. The efforts seemed to have paid off, but the news that two of her associates had longtime links to Nazi sympathizers and the party’s campaign finance scandals raised new doubts. |
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| The issue of French identity and heritage is at the heart of the presidential campaign. Our Paris bureau chief, Alissa J. Rubin, went to Joinville, a small town in rural France. Graceful old structures there have been stripped — a vivid illustration of the gradual depopulation of many of the country’s villages, and what some fear is an ebbing away of French traditions and culture. | The issue of French identity and heritage is at the heart of the presidential campaign. Our Paris bureau chief, Alissa J. Rubin, went to Joinville, a small town in rural France. Graceful old structures there have been stripped — a vivid illustration of the gradual depopulation of many of the country’s villages, and what some fear is an ebbing away of French traditions and culture. |
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| Just as it was in the United States last year, Moscow is accused of orchestrating fake and slanted reports in France to bolster politicians who share the Kremlin’s views and to weaken those who do not. | Just as it was in the United States last year, Moscow is accused of orchestrating fake and slanted reports in France to bolster politicians who share the Kremlin’s views and to weaken those who do not. |
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| An in-depth profile of Emmanuel Macron, a former economy minister and one of the front-runners. He has no political party to speak of and has never held elected office, but this 39-year-old former investment banker could become modern France’s youngest president. | An in-depth profile of Emmanuel Macron, a former economy minister and one of the front-runners. He has no political party to speak of and has never held elected office, but this 39-year-old former investment banker could become modern France’s youngest president. |