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Reuters: Hollande urges French to reject Le Pen in presidential runoff vote

Published April 24, 2017 at 8:24 pm

French President Francois Hollande is pictured prior to make a statement at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on Nov. 9, 2016, following the results of US presidential election.

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France’s outgoing president, Francois Hollande, on April 24 urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose place in the runoff represented a “risk” for France.

Macron and Le Pen, leader of the National Front, go head-to-head on May 7 after taking the top two places in the first round.