Europe at a glance

Paris Ugly campaign: The French presidential election campaign grew more rancorous this week, ahead of first-round voting on 10 April. Éric Zemmour, the farright candidate, was widely condemned for seeming to tolerate chants of “Killer Macron” at a rally last weekend. The chants were made in response to his claims that the president’s immigration policies had led to fatal terrorist attacks. Macron called Zemmour a “disgrace”, and sought to cast himself as the guardian of national unity, in the face of extremists sowing hatred and discord. He remains the strong favourite to win; however, many voters were still undecided this week. Budapest Crucial election: Hungarians will cast their votes this weekend in what is expected to be the closest general election for years. Viktor Orbán, of the right-wing Fidesz party, has been PM…

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