Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, waves from his car as he leaves his home before voting in the first round of 2017 French presidential election in Le Touquet, northern France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Reuters TV
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian and Swiss media carried reports on Sunday saying that unidentified pollsters believed Emmanuel Macron would reach the French presidential runoff but that it was unclear who his opponent would be.
France's official polling watchdog told Reuters last week that the country's nine main pollsters had committed to refrain from carrying out exit polls and said anything purporting to reflect results before the last polling stations close at 8 PM in France (2.00 p.m. ET) could only be a rumour at best.
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