Could Marine Le Pen finally triumph with her third tilt at French presidency?

Next year's Elysee race looks like a battle between a fading Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader. And some believe she might win this time

In Paris's symbolic Place de la Republique, under the watchful gaze of France's allegorical figurehead Marianne, the skateboarders are not in the mood to discuss politics.

For the young here, as everywhere, life has been paused during a pandemic that has halted studies, jobs, socialising and parties. What they want is their lives back, not to talk about an election.