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France's presidential election is a tight race between incumbent Macron and far-right leader Le Pen

Voters in France will head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to give President Emmanuel Macron a second term in office. It will be the first of two rounds of voting, if none of the candidates wins a clear majority of the vote.

Here & Now speaks with NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley from Perpignan in southern France.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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