Emmanuel Macron wins the first round of elections in France
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Emmanuel Macron won the first round of presidential elections in France. According to the French tMinistry of the Interior, less than 28 percent of voters voted for him (27,85 percent). With him, the leader of the extreme right, Marine Le Pen, went to the second round, scheduled for April 24, with 23,15 percent of votes.
These are the results that the polls predicted. Third in the field, ultra-left Jean-Luc Melenchon, won 20.2 percent, and center-right candidate Valerie Pecresse and ecologist Yannick Jadot – 4.6 percent each. It is their voters – and ultra-rightist Éric Zemmour (6.8 percent) – that will now decide the outcome of the second round.
Polls do not yet indicate a possible victory for Marine Le Pen in the second round, but it cannot be ruled out today – and if it did, it could seriously change the face of both France and Europe.
