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Seeking re-election as French President, Emmanuel Macron topped the poll amongst 12 candidates in the first round of voting for leadership of the French Republic, held on Sunday. Macron will now face off against Marine Le Pen of the extreme right Rassemblement National in a second round of voting for the presidency, to be held in a fortnight. The contest has significant implications for the Pacific, where Macron topped the vote in all three Pacific dependencies: New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna. However, without compulsory voting there was a high rate of abstention across the Pacific, and many...
