Dozens of sports personalities and culture industry leaders have signed opinion pieces that appeared in the French press this week calling on undecided voters to throw their support behind the incumbent president Emmanuel Macron as he gears up to face the run-off poll against Marine Le Pen on 24 April.
Some 50 sports personalities in France signed an opinion piece published on Tuesday in Le Parisien daily newspaper calling on people to block the far-right candidate, and vote for Emmanuel Macron.