French presidential elections: Voters choose between Le Pen, Macron
7 May 2017 3:00 PM IST7 May 2017 3:00 PM IST
The tense and unpredictable French presidential campaign ended with a hacking attack and document leak targeting Macron on Friday.
French voters went to the polls on Sunday to pick a new president, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a watershed election for the country and Europe. Polling day follows an unprecedented campaign marked by scandal, repeated surprises and a last-minute hacking attack on Macron, a 39-year-old who has never held elected office. (Photo: AFP)- With Macron the pollsters' favorite, voting stations opened across mainland France at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) under the watch of 50,000 security forces guarding against extremist attacks. (Photo: AP)
- The activists were quickly detained after the protest Sunday in Henin-Beaumont, the latest among many actions in recent days against Le Pen or against both candidates. (Photo: AP)
- Feminist activists hung a big banner from a church to protest French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in the depressed northern town where she cast her ballot. (Photo: AP)
- Whoever wins Sunday's vote it is set to cause profound change for France, the world's sixth-biggest economy, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a global military power. (Photo: AP)
- It is the first time neither of the country's traditional parties has a candidate in the final round of the presidential election under the modern French republic, founded in 1958. (Photo: AP)
- Hundreds of thousands of emails and documents stolen from the Macron campaign were dumped online and then spread by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, leading the candidate to call it an attempt at \"democratic destabilisation.\" (Photo: AP)
French voters went to the polls on Sunday to pick a new president, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a watershed election for the country and Europe. Polling day follows an unprecedented campaign marked by scandal, repeated surprises and a last-minute hacking attack on Macron, a 39-year-old who has never held elected office. (Photo: AFP)
The tense and unpredictable French presidential campaign ended with a hacking attack and document leak targeting Macron on Friday.
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