European leaders choose sides in French run-off
Leaders ditch tradition of keeping silent on elections taking place outside their countries
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WITH the future of Europe in French hands, the continent's leaders have cast aside their tradition of staying out of each other's elections and weighed in with some unsolicited advice: Pick the candidate who wants to make the European Union (EU) stronger, not the one who wants to blow it up.
Hearty endorsements of independent centrist Emmanuel Macron - and the stinging dismissals of his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen - came from across European capitals in the hours after French voters whittled their presidential choices to two on Sunday.
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