FRANCE VOTES IN CLIFFHANGER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Catholic relief services, it’s the women and men who have decided to donate their time to repair and help the lives of others.Macron is the opinion polls’ favourite to win the first round and beat National Front chief Marine Le Pen in the two-person run-off on 7 May.Pic:EM Twitter

FRANCE VOTES IN CLIFFHANGER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

PARIS – France goes to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election, crucial to the future of Europe and a closely-watched test of voters’ anger with the political establishment.

Nearly 47 million voters will decide, under tight security, whether to back a pro-EU centrist newcomer, a scandal-ridden veteran conservative who wants to slash public spending, a far-left eurosceptic admirer of Fidel Castro or appoint France’s first woman president, to shut borders and ditch the euro.READ MORE

Source: http://ewn.co.za/