PARIS, Apr 23 — France today prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarising election campaign.
A Le Pen victory would also send shockwaves across Europe. Left-wing EU leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have pleaded with France to choose Macron over his rival. Polls in mainland France will open at 0600 GMT tomorrow and close 12 hours later, immediately followed by projections that usually predict the result with a degree of accuracy.
Le Pen insisted that opinion polls giving Macron the lead would be proved wrong and took aim at her rival’s plan to push back the retirement age to 65 from 62. Spring school holidays will also be in full swing across much of the country this weekend, increasing the chances that many voters will not cast ballots.
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