German Chancellor Angela Merkel said France’s Emmanuel Macron will make a “strong president” if he wins the May 7 runoff election against Marine Le Pen, a prospect that she explicitly backed.
Bloomberg: Merkel endorses Macron, saying he’d make a strong French president
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron raises his hands as he arrives on stage to deliver a speech at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, after the first round of the Presidential election.