Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed over their vision of France's future, the euro and ways of fighting terrorism in an ill-tempered televised debate on Wednesday before Sunday's run-off vote for the presidency.
The two went into the debate with opinion polls showing Macron, 39, with a strong lead of 20 percentage points over the National Front's Le Pen, 48, in what is widely seen as France's most important election in decades.
The next morning, the headlines of the main French newspapers reacted to the debate:
LE FIGARO: “Macron keeps face and defends himself against Le Pen”
LIBERATION: “Lowering the front”
LE PARISIEN: “Who was the most convincing?”
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