French Socialist, Green, conservative candidates back Macron in election run-off against Le Pen

Macron has won endorsement from the Socialist, Green and right-wing candidates in his run-off against Le Pen who has so far only won the backing from defeated hard-right challenger Éric Zemmour. © Nicolas Tucat

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday received the backing of the defeated Socialist, Communist, Green and conservative candidates in his second-round election battle later this month against far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Her only endorsement has come from her hard-right challenger Éric Zemmour.

In a boost for the president, Communist Party candidate Fabien Roussel, Socialist Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot of the Greens and right-wing Les Républicains candidate Valérie Pécresse said they would vote for him to prevent the far-right leader coming to power.