EUR Benefits From French Elections As Macron leads 54%, le Pen 46%

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are running a fierce competition against each other in the final round of the French presidential election and the latest poll. Macron is leading 54% versus Le pen’s 46%.

The euro is trading 0.25% in the open. Official results of the election are expected later that will decide whether Macron could stay in the Elysee for a second five-year term. “I want to reach out to all those who want to work for France. I’m ready to invent something new to gather diverse convictions and views in order to build with them a joint action,” Macron said.

He vowed to “implement the project of progress, of French and European openness and independence we have advocated for”.