A Look at French Presidential Candidates

French far-right National Front Party leader, Marine Le Pen, delivers a speech after the first round of regional elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France on Dec. 6, 2015. AP Photo/Michel Spingler

PARIS—France’s presidential campaign is heating up, as candidates from the anti-immigrant far right to the Trotskyist far left join the race for election five months away.

Now that Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced his candidacy, here’s a look at top contenders, and what’s at stake for this nuclear-armed, leading world economy in the April-May election:

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FRANCOIS FILLON

Candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) in Paris on Nov. 20, 2016 MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images