French presidential candidate Marin Le Pen accused his ex-rival Francois Fillon of betraying voters, RFI.

Candidate from the right-wing Republicans party, Fillon called on citizens who voted for him to support in the second round the leader of the right-of-the-forward movement, "Forward!" Emmanuel Macron, and not the ultra-right populist Le Pen.

"I always think about those who voted for Francois Fillon ... these people defended their candidate during a very difficult campaign, remained faithful to him. And that's how he thanked them: already at 20:02 said "vote for Macron!" Someone realizes the victims of what betrayal these people have become? !! "- said the leader of the" National Front "during a visit to the wholesale market of Rangis on Tuesday, April 25.

In support of the candidacy of Macron after the first round, the majority of the candidates who voted out of the election race. The exception was the left populist Jean-Luc Melanchon, who by the results of voting took the fourth place, did not publicly declare his support of any of the candidates.

Recall, in the second round of the presidential elections in France, which will be held on May 7, left the leader of the movement "Forward!

" Emmanuel Macron and the head of the "National Front" Marin Le Pen. In the first round, 24.01% and 21.3% of voters voted for them, respectively.

Candidate for "Republicans" Francois Fillon and Socialist Benois Amon called on their constituents to vote for Macron in the second round.

More about the main candidates for the office of the President of France, read Oksana Mitrofanova's article "Presidential Elections in France. Consequences for Ukraine "in the weekly" Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".