Two months ago, The Currency’s senior correspondent, Thomas Hubert, and Stephen Carroll, an Irish journalist based in Paris, came together for a podcast looking ahead to the France’s presidential election. On the eve of the first round of voting on Sunday, they discussed the election again. In those two months, the world has changed and become a more dangerous place. How France votes could affect us all. Two months ago, Emmanuel Macron hadn’t officially launched his campaign and, in some ways, he has continued as if the campaign hasn’t really begun. Macron has chosen to be a statesman, even if…

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