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Radio 4,03 May 2017,45 mins

Macron and Le Pen go head to head

The World Tonight

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Hugh Schofield guides us through an acrimonious televised debate in France between the remaining presidential contenders, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Theresa May accuses some in Europe of making threats about Brexit to influence the general election. We hear from the Conservative Dominic Raab, Labour's former justice secretary Lord Falconer and the European Parliament vice-president Mairead McGuinness. Paul Moss reports on the revival of the Conservatives in Scotland. And German comedian Christian Schulte-Loh tells us why his country doesn't need a "dominant culture". Photo French presidential election candidate for the En-Marche movement Emmanuel Macron and French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (credit - AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET AND Eric FEFERBERGJOEL SAGET,ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images).

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