PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- After a long and chaotic campaign, 47 million French voters will go to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a historic presidential election.
The election goes beyond national stakes and will have decisive impacts on the future of the European Union (EU) and the Old Continent.
Following a series of unexpected events on the global stage including "Brexit" and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President, the world's attention is now focused on France, wondering how the EU's third largest economy will respond to the rise of populism, protection and sentiment against globalisation.
The atmosphere of uncertainly will linger until the last moment for Sunday's vote, while in 2017, the duel for the second round was known in advance as they were the clear favourites in polls.
Out of the 11 candidates running for presidency this year, four are currently neck-and-neck in polls, the centrist former Minister of economy Emmanuel Macron, the far-rightist Marine Le Pen, the right-wing conservative Francois Fillon and the far-leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Most polls indicates that Macron and Le Pen are the most likely to face off in the runoff on May 7, but no one can really predict as differences among voting intentions for the four remain narrow.
Whatever choice the French people make will undoubtedly go beyond their national borders, as it is the second of several elections in major European countries, followed by those in Germany and the United Kingdom.
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