On Sunday 23 and Monday 24 April, the principal leaders and European political groups welcomed the result achieved by the candidate of the movement En Marche!, Emmanuel Macron, who came in ahead of Marine le Pen, the leader of the Front National, in the first round of the French presidential elections, and called on the electorate to block the FN leader.
The pro-European candidate came out top in the polls with 23.9% of votes cast, to 23.43% for his rival, in the first round of elections in...