The Latest: Macron Supporters Pour Into Louvre Museum Plaza
Except for a few Urban areas polls are closed and the count begins in another election with artificially suppressed turnout.
Supporters of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron are entering the courtyard outside the Louvre museum in Paris where he plans to celebrate election night.
Late Sunday afternoon, French police emptied the place of tourists. Police dogs searched the site. Hundreds of Macron supporters were waiting quietly outside barriers to pass security checks, while Macron’s volunteer staffers were handing them French tricolor flags.
Earlier in the day, the courtyard was briefly evacuated after a suspicious bag was discovered. The famous museum itself was not evacuated or closed.
Macron, a centrist, is running against far-right Marine Le Pen in the presidential runoff. If elected as France’s next president, he plans to speak on the stage with the museum’s large glass pyramid in the background.
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