People from SOS Racisme gather to protest against Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader who runs in the second-round of the French presidential elections, in Paris, France, April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
PARIS (Reuters) - France's outgoing president, Francois Hollande, on Monday urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose place in the run-off represented a "risk" for France.
Macron and Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), go head-to-head on May 7 after taking the top two places in Sunday's first round.
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