Macron Seals Alliance, Le Pen Rebuffs Charges in Tight Race
- Centerist Bayrou takes aim at Le Pen with Macron endorsement
- French voters have exactly two months until first round vote
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Independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron agreed to a key alliance to boost his campaign while Marine Le Pen brushed off charges against her head of cabinet in a roller-coaster French election that has exactly two months to run until the first round of voting.
The 39-year-old Macron agreed to work with Francois Bayrou, another centrist politician who would have competed on the same political space as Macron if he had run. “I am happy Bayrou can join our work,” Macron told reporters late Wednesday. “This is a turning point in the campaign and in French politics.”