FRENCH ELECTION-Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off again, with France's future direction at stake

French Election Live Updates: Gloves Come Off as Voters Pick Macron or Le Pen

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Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off again, with France's future direction at stake

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French voters will choose between two very different visions for their country during Sunday's presidential runoff election,

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as the centrist President Emmanuel Macron seeks to fend off a challenge from his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen.

Macron, 44, is pitching voters on an innovative, globalized France at the head of a muscular European Union.

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Le Pen, 53, has put forward an economically nationalist, more inward-looking platform that would represent a fundamental shift from the direction France. .CLICCK FOR MORE......

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