France began the second round of presidential elections

France started voting in the second round of presidential elections.

For voting in the second round of presidential elections in France opened on Sunday across the country.

It is expected that most polling stations will complete its work at 19:00 local time (20:00 Kyiv time). However, in some major cities they will work an hour longer.

The fight for the presidency will lead the candidate from the party “national front” marine Le Pen and the leader of movement “Forward!” Emmanuel Macron.

Because of the time difference, the vote in the second round of presidential elections began in the French overseas territories the day before. In particular, on Saturday at the continental French time voted the inhabitants of Guadeloupe, Guiana and Saint Martin.

The publication in France of any information on the preliminary results of the ballots before the closing of the last polling station in the country. For violation of this rule a penalty in the amount of 75 thousand euros.

The French President is elected by universal, direct and secret ballot for 5 years and may be re-elected once.

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