Francois Fillon

The markets are reading centrist Emmanuel Macron’s lead in the first round of voting in the French presidential election as a victory after a potential face-off between hard-left and hard-right candidates was avoided Sunday. Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker and French government...

The polls open for the first round of voting in France’s presidential election Sunday, and depending on who ultimately wins, the country could undergo as seismic a political shift as the U.S. did with the election of President Donald Trump. The leading candidates — Emmanuel Macron,...