France’s Macron Declares Run for Re-Election

PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed just ahead of the deadline that he plans to run for re-election next month, officially kicking off a campaign that the war in Ukraine has overshadowed.

Mr. Macron announced his candidacy in a letter published by several regional newspapers on Thursday, an unusually low-key way to join a campaign that his opponents have been urging him to enter for weeks. Under French election law, presidential candidates have had declare they are running by the end of the day on Friday.