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French presidential poll a bellwether for Europe
The outcome will show whether the populist tide that lifted Brexit and Trump is still rising
A voter picking up a ballot at a polling station in Rennes, western France, during the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
Paris
FRANCE voted on Sunday in the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election that is crucial to the future of Europe and a closely-watched test of voters' anger with the political establishment.
Over 50,000 police backed by elite units of the French security services
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