Macron extends lead in polls over Le Pen on final day of French election campaign

Paris

CENTRIST French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of a tumultuous election campaign that has turned the country's politics upside down.

The election is seen as the most important in France for decades, with two diametrically opposed views of Europe and France's place in the world at stake.