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		</div><p>Two politicians have formally declared their intentions to seek to become France’s first woman president in next year’s spring election.</p>
<p>National Rally’s Marine Le Pen and Paris’ socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo both officially launched their campaigns on Sunday in what were widely expected moves.</p>
<p>Ms Hidalgo, 62, mayor of the French capital since 2014, is the favourite to win the Socialist Party nomination. She launched her candidacy in the northwestern city of Rouen.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Ms Le Pen, the 53-year-old leader of France’s far-right party, started her campaign in the southern city of Frejus with a pledge to defend French “liberty”. She made 26-year-old Jordan Bardella acting head of the party as she prepares her campaign.</p>
<p>The pair join a growing list of challengers to centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron.</p>
<p>Mr Macron, 43, has not yet announced his candidacy but is expected to do so.</p>
<p>Launching a candidacy in France is a necessary formality for each successive presidential election.</p>
<p>The poll is expected to come down to a duel between Ms Le Pen and Mr Macron, as it was last time in 2017.</p>
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