French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte outside Le Touquet-Paris-Plage polling stationPARIS, Apr 10 .French President Emmanuel Macron was the last of the presidential candidates to vote in the first round of elections on Sunday. The current head of the French Republic, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, arrived at the polling station in Le Touquet (Pas de Calais department) in the north of the country, where they are a large crowd of supporters gathered near the house of the Macron couple, with whom the French leader was happy to talk and take pictures. Before arriving at the polling station, he greeted the assembled French for a long time, shook hands with them, signed autographs. As observers note, Macron traditionally votes in the middle of the day. According to the BFMTV channel, Macron will return to Paris in the afternoon, where he will follow the results of the elections. On Sunday morning, other candidates for the presidency voted. The Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo was the first to cast her vote in Paris.Ukraine is costing Macron dearly. Will there be a new president in FrancePlots on the French mainland opened on Sunday 08.00 (09.00 GMT). In most French communes, it will be possible to vote until 19.00 (20.00 Moscow time). And in big cities, including Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Toulouse and others, polling stations will be open until 20.00 (21.00 Moscow time). After polling stations close, exit poll data and preliminary voting results should be published. state for a period of five years. If no candidate wins an absolute majority (50% plus one vote) in the first round, a second one will be held. It is scheduled for April 24. In the first round, 12 politicians are running for the highest state post. Among them are the current president of the country, the leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, the head of the left-wing France Insubordinate party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour, who founded the Reconquest party, and the Republican candidate. Valerie Pecresse and others.
