VIDEO: Catch up on the drama of the French election in 90 seconds. The second round has boiled down to a battle between the pro-European, pro-globalisation vision of Macron and Le Pen’s hostility to the EU and Nato. If Le Pen wins, it would further shake up the West’s postwar order, already rattled by Britain’s vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s election to the White House. President’s powersDirectly elected, the French president looms large over the political landscape of the Fifth Republic. Every French presidential election since 1965 has gone to a second round.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2017 13:52 UTC