France’s presidential race looked tighter than it has all year on April 14, nine days before voting starts, as one poll put all four main candidates within touching distance of the two-person run-off round.
Reuters: French presidential race tightens further as vote nears
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 14, shows French presidential election candidates: (From L) for the right-wing Les Republicans (LR) party Francois Fillon taken on Nov. 25, 2016 ; for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen taken on Oct. 17, 2016 ; for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron taken on March 07, 2017 and for the far left coalition "La France insoumise" Jean-Luc Melenchon taken on Jan. 24, 2017. These four candidates are able to qualify for the second round of the French presidential election.