If he succeeds, he would be the first French leader for two decades to win a renewed term in office
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday he would run for a second term in April’s election, seeking a mandate to steer the euro zone’s second-largest economy through the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Macron announced his bid in a letter published by several regional newspapers.
If he succeeds, he would be the first French leader for two decades to win a renewed term in office.
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