Right rival. reporting the current president won about 27% of sunday s first round of voting. putting him in first place in the crowded field of about a dozen candidates. meantime pen in second place with 23%. the next round of voting in two weeks is set to be a rematch of the 2017 election. after the polls close the centrist made his pitch while the far right le pen made appeals to the mainstream. at this turning point for the future of our nation, nothing will ever be the same. this is why i want to reach out to all those who want to work for france. i m ready to invent something new. gather different convictions in order to build a common action for the nation. for the coming years. it is our duty. the french people have spoken. and gave me the honor to be
Let s go back to paula in atlanta. paula? thanks for that. i ll pick it up from here. french voters have narrowed down their presidential candidates, and the incumbents are current president emmanuel macron and his far right rival marine le pen. france s interior ministry reports the current president won about 27% of sunday s first round of voting, putting him in first place in what was a crowded field of about a dozen candidates. le pen is in second with around 23%. the second round of voting in two weeks is set to be a rematch of the 2017 election. after the polls closed, centrist macron made his pitch, while the far right le pen made appeals to the mainstream. i want a france which inscribes itself in a strong europe, which continues to form alliances with great democracies to defend itself, not a france that exited from europe but have for its only allies the international pop liss and xenophobes. that s not us.
Finalists are incumbent president emmanuel macron and his far-right rival marine le pen. france s interior ministry reports that the current president won about 27% of sunday s first round of voting, putting him in first place in a crowded field of a dozen candidates. le pen is in second place with around 23%. the second round of voting in two weeks is set to be a rematch of the 2017 election. after the polls close, the centrist macron made his pitch, while the far-right le pen made appeals to the mainstream. translator: i want a france which enscribes itself in a strong europe, which continues to form alliances with great democracies to defend itself. not a france that exited from europe would have for its only allies the international populace and xenophobes. that s not us. translator: the french people