French Presidential Election 2017
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Emmanuel Macron, like Arvind Kejriwal, won with an anti-graft platform: Will he avoid Delhi CM's fate?
Nalini R Mohanty •Emmanuel Macron’s spectacular victory in the French presidential election on Sunday — despite the last-day hiccup due to the hacking of his mails — has become a talking point across the world for a variety of reasons

French Presidential Election 2017: As France votes, brief security alert in Louvre plaza
•Paris: The plaza outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, where French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron plans a victory party if elected, was briefly evacuated on Sunday following a security alert, sources said.

French Presidential Election 2017: As voting begins, Paris comes out for Emmanuel Macron
Bhavya •Karine Colman stepped out of queue briefly to chase her young son, then retrieved him and returned to her place in the line behind 10 other voters. At 10.30am, the polling venue at the town hall in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was already seeing a steady stream of voters. This Sunday France votes for its president; and the choice lies between the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Marine Le Pen is Madame Frexit; her victory would shake the European Union to its core
Devenk •Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, does not look upon France's relationship with the European Union (EU) charitably.

Emmanuel Macron is the man Europe wants; his win will soothe nerves frayed from Brexit
Devenk •Emmanuel Macron is a former investment banker who has never held elected office.

France Presidential Election 2017: Voting begins; Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron face final showdown
•French voters will pick a new president on Sunday, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a watershed election for the country and Europe.

French Presidential Election 2017: Here's where Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen stand on key issues
Fp Staff •France's presidential election reaches its climax on Sunday with the winner-takes-all runoff vote between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Here's where the two presidential candidates on some of the key issues.

French presidential polls: All you need to know about Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate
•Marine Le Pen has not lost the gritty, populist edge that speaks to the common man and the passion for her far-right cause.

French presidential polls: All you need to know about Emmanuel Macron, the political newbie
•French centrist Emmanuel Macron has already achieved an immense task: A former outsider with little political experience, he is now the front-runner in France's presidential race.

French presidential polls: Macron widens his lead over Le Pen, but a victory is still far away
Bhavya •Emmanuel Macron, the centrist, pro-Europe candidate has widened his lead on his right-wing, populist rival Marine Le Pen ahead of Sunday’s presidential vote in France, in what is essentially his election to lose.

