‘A great victory for patriots!’ – the Le Pens hail their success in the French presidential election

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday May 7th after the two finished neck-and-neck in the first round of voting. With votes still to be counted, there are slight discrepancies in the final percentage, but according to a Harris Interactive exit poll in Le Figaro, Macron and Le Pen both finished on 22 per cent. An Ipsos exit poll for BFMTV had Macron on 23.7 per cent and the National Front leader on 21.7 per cent. ‘We have today clearly turned a page in the French political life!’ declared a jubilant Macron. At first, there was no word from Marine Le Pen, who was with her constituents in the northern French town of Henin-Beaumont. But her niece and NF MP, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, tweeted: ‘It’s a great victory for all patriots!’

"C'est une belle victoire pour tous les patriotes !" pic.twitter.com/JxQHZldOFp

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