GLOBALink | French presidential runoff kicks off between Macron, Le Pen
STORY: French presidential runoff kicks off between Macron, Le Pen
DATELINE: April 24, 2022
LENGTH: 00:02:25
LOCATION: Paris
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): SUN XINJING, Xinhua correspondent
2. various of street views in front of the polling station
3. various of images of polling stations
4. SOUNDBITE (French): Polling station staff
STORYLINE:
STANDUP (English): SUN XINJING, Xinhua correspondent
"The 2022 French presidential runoff kicked off at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday in Metropolitan France between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and candidate Marine Le Pen."
Most polling stations in Metropolitan France are set to close at 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) or one hour later in larger cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Bordeaux.
Eligible voters in French overseas territories already cast their ballots on Saturday.
After a televised debate on April 20, almost all opinion polls predicted that Macron would lead this presidential runoff.
But local media are w
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