Emma-Kate Symons
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Biography
Publications
Emma-Kate Symons is an Australian journalist who has covered French politics and elections for the past decade.
![Le Pen’s support grows but Macron still in front](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Macron_crop.jpg?itok=A_2eAv1q)
Le Pen’s support grows but Macron still in front
Macron's future will be determined not only by his win, but by his margin of victory.
![Conservatives need to get over their Le Pen crush](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/marine-le-pen.jpg?itok=6pbHW494)
Conservatives need to get over their Le Pen crush
Western conservatives and free-market liberals appear to be losing their ideological and moral bearings when it comes to French politics in this dramatic election year.