Over 48M eligible voters in France will decide whether centrist President Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right candidate Marine Le Pen after a fractious election campaign
France votes in presidential elections facing a stark choice between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign that has seen the French far-right come its closest yet to winning power.
But analysts have warned Macron, who rose to power in 2017 aged 39 as the country's youngest ever modern leader, can take nothing for granted with turnout crucial to ensuring victory. The first vote in the election was cast midday Saturday Paris time by a 90-year-old man in the tiny island territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the northern coast of Canada.A Le Pen victory would send shockwaves across Europe.
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