In waht could be a defining moment for the future of France and Europe, the earliest returns indicate that Marine Le pen and Emmanuel Macron will go on to contest for the Presidency in May.
Le Pen is a ‘chastised’ version of her belligerent father and preys on gut feelings and stokes xenophobia like the other populists of Europe. Macron is a young independent centrist who has never contested a political position before.
The terror attack last week in Paris where a policeman and the attacker died was feared to have tilted the balance Le Pen’s way, but I think that the French are going to chose common sense, the way the Dutch did several weeks ago.
[SIZE=6]French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round – live[/SIZE]