A combination picture shows portraits of candidates for the second round in the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen (L), French National Front (FN) political party leader, and Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!, (Onwards!). Picture taken March 2, 2017 (L) and April 13, 2017 (R). REUTERS/Charles Platiau
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen should contest the May 7 runoff for the French presidency, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said, citing an unidentified pollster after Sunday's first round of voting.
It put Macron on 23 percent and Le Pen on 22.5 percent, with conservative Francois Fillon third on 20 percent.
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