Candidate from the party "Republicans" Francois Fillon admitted defeat in the first round of the presidential elections in France and urged his voters to support independent candidate Emmanuel Macron in the second round.

The politician called on the French to join in order to "prevent the representative of an extremist party in the Elysee Palace," reports The Independent.

French President Francois Hollande congratulated Macron on his victory in the first round. At the same time, the Elysee Palace stressed that the head of state will not publicly express support for any of the presidential candidates.

In the meantime, the single-partyer of Hollande Benoit Amon called on supporters of the Socialist Party to vote for Macron in the second round,.

"I call to oppose the" National Front ", against the Rights, by voting for Macron. Despite the fact that he is not a candidate from the left, "- said the candidate for Socialist.

According to the results of the exit poll, independent candidate, leader of the liberal movement "Forward!" Emmanuel Macron and head of the right-populist party "National Front" Marin Le Pen came to the second round of the presidential elections in France. In the first round for Macron voted 23.7%, and Le Pen was able to enlist the support of 22% of voters.

Candidate from the "Republicans" Francois Fillon and the left populist Jean-Luc Melanchon received 19.5% of the vote. Socialist Benois Amon was supported by 6.5% of voters.

On the eve of the first round of vibors, the rating of the main candidates for the presidency of France was at the level of 20%.

Read more about the main candidates for the office of French President in the article of Yulia Oksana Mitrofanova "Presidential elections in France. Consequences for Ukraine "in the weekly" Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".