Outsider Macron, Le Pen face-off in French second roundEmmanuel Macron, a centrist who is seen as a political outsider, will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election. Macron, a former banker, who has never run an election campaign bef More… |
Hollande edges Sarkozy in French vote, Le Pen surgesFar-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential race wide open on Sunday by polling nearly 19 percent in the first round - votes that may tip a runoff between Socialist favourite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sark More… |