Macron wins French presidential election

France’s Emmanuel Macron has beaten his far-right opponent in Sunday’s presidential elections. We bring together a group of voters in the southern city of Nice to discuss and explain the issues and policies that determined the vote.

Our guests – an editor of a local paper, an owner of a fashion boutique, an engineer, a student and a video editor – will gather in a local café to share experiences of the rise in cost of living, and to discuss why the French public is so divided on issues like immigration and economy.

We also look at the challenges that lie ahead for the centrist president, Mr Macron, and what his re-re-election will mean for France’s role in Europe and for the war in Ukraine.

Away from France, we report on the visit by the US secretary of state and the Defence Secretary in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, and get the latest on the offensive by Russian forces.

(Photo: Macron wins French presidential election. Credit: EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson)