38 days before the French presidential elections and in the midst of a war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron announced his candidacy for a second term in the French presidential elections, pledging to work to strengthen France and Europe in the face of "accumulation of crises". "For this reason, I ask you to give me your confidence for a second term as President of the Republic," Macron wrote in a letter to the French. "I am a candidate to present with you, amid the challenges of this century, a unique French and European response." According to recent opinion polls, Macron has consolidated his lead over his rivals in recent opinion polls, now by 10 points over a trio that includes two representatives of the far-right, Marine Le Pen of the National Rally and Eric Zemmour, the controversial, in addition to the candidate of the right-wing Republicans, Valérie Precras.