Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron advance to France’s May 7 presidential runoff with 96% of polls reporting.
The world is watching France’s election as voters there have comprehensively snubbed the country's political establishment, sending far-right populist Le Pen and political novice Macron to the forefront.
It was a stunning victory for Macron, a former investment banker who has never before stood for elected office and now becomes the favorite to become France's next President. "We did it," he told jubilant supporters.
Investors breathed a sigh of relief after Macron emerged as the front-runner going into the election’s second round. The euro’s value jumped against the dollar.
Le Pen, leader of the National Front, has campaigned on a promise to ditch the euro and pull France out of the European Union.
In first-round victory speech Sunday, Le Pen rallied her supporters to her anti-immigration, anti-European Union message.
"The French people must seize this opportunity, because the enormous challenge of this election is the wild globalization that puts our civilization at risk," Le Pen said.
Sunday's first round contest was held under tight security after a terror attack in Paris Thursday night disrupted the final day of campaigning Friday.
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