According to exit polls, France's President-elect,EmmanuelMacron, will easily beat his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, in Sunday's election.
According to a projection by polling firm Ipsos-Sopra Steria, Centrist Macron of the La République En Marche party looks set to gain around 58.2% in the second and final round of voting, with Marine Le Pen of the nationalist and far-
After the projections, Le Pen spoke to her supporters in Paris. She said her result was a victory for her political movement and pointed to parliamentary elections in June.
The difference between the two candidates is smaller than it was in the last election, when Macron won with 66.1% of the vote.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a cost of living crisis in France, and a surge in support for the far- left among younger generations were all set against the backdrop of the 2022 campaign. According to the Interior Ministry, Sunday's turnout was 2 percentage points lower than the election last year.
At the start of the campaign trail, 44-year-old Macron benefited from his attitude and diplomatic efforts toward the Russia-Ukraine war. French citizens focused on domestic affairs and inflation in the days leading up to the first round of voting.
Marine Le Pen, who has run for France's presidency three times, chose to distance herself from her previous rhetoric on the European Union and euro integration and instead focus on the economic struggles of French voters.
As the second round of voting approached, scrutiny over the two individuals and their policies intensified. In a debate Wednesday, Le Pen was accused of being dependent on Moscow by her opponent.
Le Pen plans to ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves in public.
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