FILE PHOTO: Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan looks on at the Senate in Rome, Italy December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan welcomed on Monday the victory of centrist Emmanuel Macron in the first round of France's presidential race and said he hoped Italy's anti-euro parties could be beaten back.
"It is good news that Macron has won the first round ... because he has a very strong pro-Europe and pro-market programme," Padoan told CNBC television.
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