CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper June 4, 2024 21:52:00
Macron bested la pen in a testy contest in 2017. sunday's results mean voters will have to cast their ballots once more since neither candidate got 50% of the vote. macron tallied in at almost 28% of the votes and wla pen traile at 23%. melissa bell joins us from paris and melissa, this race could have direct implications on russia and putin's invasion of ukraine. >> absolutely and france's position in the world and the future of europe itself, jake. there's a lot at stake and what we saw in this first round was macron consolidate his position. he did better than in 2017 but also la pen doing ...