French election: Macron and Le Pen hit the road in campaign’s final hours

Candidates squeeze in last-minute visits and criticise each other's showing in previous night's TV debate

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have ramped up their campaigning with a hectic schedule of last-minute visits to attract floating voters, as France's hotly contested presidential race enters its final hours.

While the vote is on Sunday, under French election rules all campaigning and opinion polling must end by midnight on Friday, and on Thursday the two candidates rushed to squeeze in time on the road.