Just weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron's chances of not running away with the French presidential election looked about as likely as April snow in Paris. And yet wintry winds blew anew on Saturday as Macron finally hosted his first – and only – re-election campaign rally. With eight days to go until the vote's first round next Sunday, the frosty chill focusing minds is far-right challenger Marine Le Pen breathing down Macron's neck – and the realisation he'll need lukewarm leftists onside to beat her.
