Emmanuel Macron (C), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, shakes hands with a youth during a campaign visit in Sarcelles, near Paris, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Bureau
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish officials called French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's call for European Union sanctions against Poland a violation of friendship and a "fantasy".
The centrist Macron, tipped to win a run-off against eurosceptic far-right leader Marine Le Pen on May 7, said on Thursday that if elected he would pursue a tougher line with Poland and other countries he believed were infringing EU democratic principles.
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