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French conservatives, Socialists say will back Macron for president
EghtesadOnline: Senior French conservatives and Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon said on Sunday that they would back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a May 7 runoff against far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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France Braces for Runoff Fight Between Nationalism and Globalism
EghtesadOnline: In the final two weeks of the French campaign, Marine Le Pen’s challenge is to break through a wall of voter antipathy that she inherited from her father. Emmanuel Macron’s task is to persuade the French he has the gravitas and experience to be president.
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Macron, Le Pen in French Runoff as Establishment Crashes Out
EghtesadOnline: Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen won the first round of the French presidential election, triggering a runoff on May 7 between two radically different visions of the country’s future.
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'I will protect you!' Le Pen tells voters ahead of presidential election
EghtesadOnline: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday sought to mobilize her supporters six days ahead of France's most unpredictable presidential election in decades by pledging to suspend all immigration and shield voters from "savage globalization."
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Even Record Low French Turnout May Not Be Enough for Le Pen Win
EghtesadOnline: The French presidential election may see a record-low turnout this year, political analysts predict -- a factor largely seen to favor the National Front’s Marine Le Pen, who has the most committed supporters.
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Macron favorite, voter certainty rises in French election: Le Monde poll
EghtesadOnline: Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen are tied on 25 percent of the first-round election vote, although Macron would go on to beat Le Pen in the second round, a Le Monde/Cevipof opinion poll said.
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Bank runs and Frexit: French lenders prepare for Le Pen surprises
EghtesadOnline: From bank runs to credit crunches, regulators and investors are asking French banks about their preparations for any market ructions that might be caused by Marine Le Pen faring better than expected in the presidential election, banking sources said.
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A Le Pen-Led France May Be the Crisis That Draghi Can’t Fix
EghtesadOnline: If Marine Le Pen convinces France to embrace her anti-euro stance, Mario Draghi will likely be called on again to be savior of the single currency.
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Euro is a 'knife in the ribs' of the French says Le Pen
EghtesadOnline: French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a political rally on Sunday that the euro currency which she wants France to ditch was like a knife in the ribs of the French people.
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Le Pen Tries to Reassure on Euro Exit as Macron Edges Ahead
EghtesadOnline: French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen tried to reassure voters that any exit from the euro would only come after a national debate, as she and fellow front-runner Emmanuel Macron stepped up attacks on each other.