France goes to the polls as country decides between Macron or Le Pen
by Jon Henley European affairs correspondent from on (#2NM0N)
Polling takes place against background of hacking that is 'clearly an attempt at democratic destabilisation'
Voting is under way in the final round of France's presidential race after a massive online dump of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron's campaign data delivered a final dramatic twist to the country's most bruising, divisive and significant election in decades.
The French election watchdog warned that it could be a criminal offence to publish the tens of thousands of hacked emails and other documents - some reportedly fake - amid an electioneering blackout lasting from midnight on Friday until polls close at 8pm on Sunday.
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