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French elections: the battle is now between Macron and Le Pen

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Yesterday, Sunday 23rd of April, French people voted and the pro-European Emmanuel Macron is set to face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential run-off, making him clear favorite to emerge as the country's youngest leader in modern history. We talked about it with freelance journalist from Paris Giampiero Martinotti.

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Yesterday, Sunday 23rd of April, French people voted and the pro-European Emmanuel Macron is set to face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential run-off, making him clear favorite to emerge as the country's youngest leader in modern history. We talked about it with freelance journalist from Paris Giampiero Martinotti.

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