France's Macron to field candidates in all parliamentary constituencies


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  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

Campaign leaflets for former French minister Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Forward !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, are seen at his campaign headquarters in Paris, France, January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would field candidates in all constituencies in June parliamentary elections and would welcome individual candidates from other parties.

Macron, a centrist whose rise in opinion polls is worrying leftwing and rightwing candidates in the presidential race, said he would launch a call for applications online for all those who would like to run in the parliamentary election under the colours of his En Marche (Forward) party.

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