The French political landscape candidates are attempting to gain traction in public opinion polls by disseminating a discourse that has been characterized as antagonistic, particularly towards foreigners and Muslims.

In a move that raised concerns about press freedom in France, the police arrested Ariane Lavrilleux, an investigative journalist who had reported on the Macron government’s controversial arms deals with Egypt.

Macron suffered a political setback, Sunday, in the second round of the legislative elections, with losing an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President of France with 58.54% of the vote against 41.46% for Marine Le Pen.

With the start of the first round of the French presidential election on April 10, 2022, French Muslims no longer find themselves confused by the choice of the 12 candidates, because "the result is the same" if any candidate wins, because "most of them are hostile to them."