The four-way battle to be French president Latest opinion polls show race has tightened ahead of first round Andrew Fanning April 14, 2017 With Jean-Luc Mélenchon (third from left) gaining in polls, it's now a four-way race Pics: Getty Previous Next Image 1 of 3 PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 10: People walk past election campaign posters that show presidential candidates Marine Le Pen (L) and Emmanuel Macron on April 10, 2017 in Paris, France. Voters will go the polls in France for the fist round of a two-round election system on April 23. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Photo by Andrew Fanning Image 2 of 3 BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 16: French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron gives a statements to the media at the Germany Foreign Ministry on March 16, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a closed-door meeting earlier today. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) Photo by Andrew Fanning Image 3 of 3 Photo by Edmund Heaphy Analysis & Opinion LATEST NEWS17:30Mick O’Connell: Why Spain is the most exciting country in the world for wine right now17:17Slow delivery of NDP ‘real problem’ for competitiveness17:00Profits more than double at company behind five-star Europe Hotel & Resort in 202316:56Patagonia’s latest sustainable innovation? A first-of-its-kind ‘reincarnated’ wetsuit16:24Immigrant entrepreneurs ‘could help boost tech sector’16:06Grafton Group reports falling revenues after poor weather leads to ‘subdued’ first quarter