Emmanuel Macron pulled out all the stops to try to consolidate his lead over far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead of the final ballot of the French presidential election on Sunday.
After joining France Inter radio on Friday morning, Macron traveled to the southern town of Figeac where he lunched with locals before making an impassioned pitch to keep his job for another five years. He was on BFMTV in the evening and gave an interview to LCI television, before the midnight cutoff when candidates are required by law to stop campaigning.
Throughout, the 44-year-old French leader called on his supporters to convince as many people as possible to rally round him, an attempt to activate the “Republican front” — a term for cross-party opposition that has prevented the far-right from taking power. He insisted his victory isn’t a done deal.
