France to elect new president on April 18 and May 2

French voters will go to the polls to elect a new president on April 18 and on May 2 next year, Politico writes, citing two government officials.

The election details, first reported by local newspaper Ouest France, are expected to be publicly announced after a cabinet meeting Wednesday morning.

Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron’s second term concludes on May 13. With Macron constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term, a massive number of candidates are lining up to replace him. Among them are two of his former prime ministers, Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal, and radical left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

The front-runner will be whoever runs from the National Rally. But the far-right party cannot decide if longtime leader Marine Le Pen or rising star Jordan Bardella will run until a court rules on Le Pen’s appeal of her conviction of embezzling EU funds and her five-year ban on running for public office.