The showdown is a repeat of the 2017 election, when Macron beat Le Pen with margin of almost 33 percentage points
loomberg — French voters are heading to the polls for the second time in two weeks to conclude a presidential election in which incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron has the advantage in surveys over nationalist Marine Le Pen.pro-business overhauls
For the European Union, Macron is holding his trademark line on strengthening European sovereignty with projects that could include more. While Le Pen no longer wants to exit the EU, her proposals to transform it into a looser alliance of nations and hold a referendum to assert the primacy of French law over its rules would undermine the bloc from within.
Marine Le Pen leaves a polling booth to cast her ballot for 2nd round of presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France, on April 24.
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