Macron and Le Pen to fight for presidency

Monday, 11 April 2022Newsdesk

As per news report of BBC, Emmanuel Macron has won the first round of the French election and far-right rival Marine Le Pen will fight him for the presidency for a second time.

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"Make no mistake, nothing is decided," he told cheering supporters. In the end, he won a convincing first-round victory, but opinion polls suggest the run-off could be much closer. Ms Le Pen called on every non-Macron voter to join her and "put France back in order". With 97% of results counted, Emmanuel Macron had 27.6% of the vote, Marine Le Pen 23.41% and Jean-Luc Mélenchon 21.95%. Veteran far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon polled even better than five years ago and now has the unlikely role of kingmaker.

Source - BBC