Emmanuel Macron (C), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, leaves his home surrounded by policemen in Paris, France, April 24, 2017 the day after the first round of presidential elections where Macron ended in first place in front of the National Front party candidate. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - The chairman of French gas and power group Engie said on Monday that centrist Emmanuel Macron's passage into the second round of France's presidential elections brought "hope for a rebound of Europe".
Macron, who favours a revival of the Franco-German axis at the heart of the European Union, won Sunday's first round ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who wants France to quit the euro, suspend application of the EU's open-border agreement and clamp down on immigration.
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