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‘Ministers must do everything possible to ensure Le Pen defeat’ – Hollande

French President Francois Hollande has told his ministers to do everything possible to ensure the defeat of right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in the decisive second round of elections on May 7. Read more Believe it’s a new French Revolution? Hold your horses The outgoing socialist president appears to be backing centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the race. “Hollande has asked ministers to fully commit themselves in the election campaign to ensure that Marine Le Pen has the lowest possible result,” French presidential spokesman, Stephane Le Foll, said at the Council of Ministries on Wednesday…. View Article