French voters are about to decide whether Emmanuel Macron should remain president or the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen should replace him. The latter result would transform France and Europe.

Next month Northern Ireland voters elect their MLAs in a vote that could see a Sinn Féin first minister appointed for the first time.

In today’s episode of the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast, Northern Editor Freya McClements and Paris Correspondent Lara Marlowe talk to Hugh Linehan about these two consequential campaigns.