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I just see that cnn has heard that benoit hamon has urged his voters to swing to macron. he's urging his voters to vote for macron which answers a little bit that question i raised earlier, where is the left going to go. >> how potentially influential is that? >> well, he came in fifth place this evening. so -- well, he came in fifth place and the socialist party tends to vote as a bloc but there weren't many voting tonight. but the question is whether or not that bloc would be substantial enough to make it a sure thing for macron. whether they'll follow him or not, that remains another questi...

Put into doubt the entire european project. so we are talking about very important changes, very big changes, which is why i think so many french people are expressing that enthusiasm this morning about the need to come out and vote. already we've seen a number of the politicians involved, a number of the candidates casting their vote in what they know is a crucial election as well. not only the french president, francois hollande, who is not standing this time, but the man who is standing for his party, benoit hamon. a real sense that the candidates are getting out early to vote, but many peo...

Macron founded a political movement called en marche last year. he has a strong pro-european union message. >> let's take a look. live pictures of francois fillon, the republican candidate, you see him here. he served as prime minister under nicol under nicolas sarkozy. we're taking a look at these images in paris that are taking place right now. we have reporters throughout, looking at the people as they go to the polls. >> that was benoit hamon earlier, the socialist party candidate earlier. he's campaigning to provide universal health care for all. >> jean-luc melenchon running under unsubm...