Le Pen has said for months she is not, strictly speaking, an FN candidate but a candidate backed by the FN.
Emmanuel Macron: "In two weeks, I want to become your president, ghe president of all people of France, the president of patriots against the threat of nationalists".
Le Pen will face off against Emmanuel Macron, a former banker and centrist independent, on May 7.
The other candidates, including those from the traditional mainstream left and right parties, were eliminated.
We, along with the rest of the world, have heaved a sigh of relief after the outcome of the first round of the French presidential election.
Mr Macron is seen beating Ms Le Pen by 61 per cent to 39 per cent in the run-off vote, according to pollster Opinionway yesterday.
"Markets are feeling a lot more confident in the polls showing an easy win for Macron in the second round".
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A Harris Interactive poll showed 47 percent of Fillon's voters would back Macron while 23 percent would vote for Le Pen.
A one-on-one against an ex-banker backed by politicians of all stripes wanting to form a dam against the FN gives Le Pen the ideal opportunity to boost her anti-establishment appeal, even if pollsters say that is not enough for her to win.
"The challenge is to break completely with the system which has been unable to find solutions to the problems of our country for more than 30 years", Mr Macron said on Sunday, already looking past the presidential election to crucial parliamentary elections in June.
A televised debate between the two of them on May 3 will be vital in shaping opinions heading into the final election weekend that will define France's future and the EU's.
That leaves very little room for Le Pen to realistically engineer a Trump-style surprise coup, even with the added distance between her and the far right.
In a solemn address to voters, Hollande warned of the "risk for our country" of a far-right victory and said he himself would vote for Macron, who served as his economy minister for two years.
For far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the Kremlin said it respected the first round results, denying it supported the far-right candidate and saying it hopes to have good relations with France. If you were wondering how this story could possibly get more French, Trogneux is reportedly from a family of "respected chocolatiers in the northern French town of Amiens".
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