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

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

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

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.