PARIS: French voters did exactly what they were expected to do – to the relief of French pollsters who helped redeem a profession still smarting over getting Brexit and the US election wrong.

The final surveys published on the eve of Sunday’s presidential election showed pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen qualifying for a run-off vote in two weeks’ time.

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