The battle for France’s voters is a clash of two wildly differing visions
Presidential election competitors Emmanuel Macron is pro-globalisation and pro-EU, while Marine Le Pen rages against both
Paris — The battle to become France’s president comes down to a clash of two visions — Emmanuel Macron is pro-globalisation and pro-EU, while Marine Le Pen rages against both. As the rival camps celebrated reaching the decisive second round of the election, Le Pen said on Sunday that voters would have "a very simple choice" on May 7. "Either we continue on the path of … off-shoring jobs, unfair foreign competition, mass immigration and free movement of terrorists … or you choose France and borders that protect," she told her supporters. Macron had a starkly different message: "I will be … the voice of hope for our country and for Europe," he told thousands of his followers. The former investment banker, who had never before stood for election, started his centrist movement only 12 months ago. Yet polls currently show he will easily become France’s youngest ever president, beating Le Pen by more than 20 percentage points. His meteoric rise began when President Francois Hollande chose...
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