France's incumbent leader Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen are heading for an April 24 presidential election runoff, projections showed after first round voting on Sunday.
But another far-right candidate Eric Zemmour will call on supporters to back Le Pen, Marion Marechal — who is an ally of Zemmour and Le Pen's niece — told BFM TV.
She, by contrast, for months toured towns and villages across France, focusing on cost-of-living issues that trouble millions and tapping into anger towards the political elite. "I'm scared of the political extremes," said pensioner Therese Eychenne, 89, after voting for Macron in Paris."I don't know what would become of France."The hard left's Jean-Luc Melenchon polled third on Sunday, with an estimated 20%, the projections showed.
While Le Pen has ditched past ambitions for a"Frexit" or to haul France out of the euro zone's single currency, she envisages the EU as a mere alliance of sovereign states.
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