French presidential elections: live reporting
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France went to the polls on Sunday in the #first_round of the tightest and most unpredictable presidential elections in decades. Of the 11 candidates, only the top-scoring two will emerge on Sunday evening as qualified for the second and final knockout vote in two weeks time. The latest opinion polls gave four clear and politically diverse frontrunners who are so close that any of them could emerge as winners, amid predictions of a high abstention rate. Who, between candidates representing the radical-left, the far-right, the conservatives and a ‘new way’ centrism, will the country’s 47 million-strong electorate opt for? Will it be sea change for French politics and the European Union, or more of the same? Follow the results, reactions and analyses here throughout the evening. Reporting (...)