FRANCE
Paris—Anti-fascist demonstrators clash with police in Paris after results came in for the first round of French presidential elections on April 23. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen qualified for a runoff against centrist Emmanuel Macron in a rejection of traditional politics. Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Front party has long been a pariah but gained more than 20 percent of the vote, while Macron is a newcomer who left the Socialist Party to form his own movement called En Marche! (On the Move!). Other mainstream candidates were quick to endorse Macron, warning of dire consequences if the anti-EU Le Pen becomes president.
THOMAS SAMSON