STRASBOURG, France: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is too extreme, but centrist Emmanuel Macron is too young. Conservative Francois Fillon cannot be trusted, Socialist Benoit Hamon is the establishment, and communist-backed radical Jean-Luc Melenchon, too risky.

Just a week before the French cast their first votes for the next president, this is how the many undecided voters view this year’s cast of candidates: with abject disappointment.

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