French elections: Macron leads 54% to le Pen 46%, EUR likes it
|Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face each other in the final round of the French presidential election and the latest poll, Ipsos, has macron leading 54% to Le pen 46%.
The euro is bid on the proposed outcome, trading 0.25% in the open. Official results of the election are expected later that will decide whether Mr Macron stays in the Elysee for a second five-year term.
The incumbent has been calling on those from both the mainstream left and right to vote for him.
"I want to reach out to all those who want to work for France. I'm ready to invent something new to gather diverse convictions and views in order to build with them a joint action," he said.
He vowed to "implement the project of progress, of French and European openness and independence we have advocated for."
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