France's conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy threw his support behind Emmanuel Macron in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, touting Macron's experience in the face of the "grave international crisis" in Ukraine. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, for her part, said she had no plans to pull France out of the European Union despite her deep euroscepticism.
Le Pen and Macron will face off in the second round of France’s presidential election on April 24, with polls pointing to a much tighter race than the lopsided contest that saw Macron easily prevail in 2017.
