Macron favorite as France votes for new president, turnout low

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jan Strupczewski
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French voters were choosing on Sunday between a young, pro-European Union centrist and a eurosceptic, anti-immigration far-rightist for their next president, with official figures and estimates indicating a low turnout.
Opinion polls predicted that the 39-year-old former economy minister Emmanuel Macron would win the five-year presidency, seeing off the National Front’s Marine Le Pen after an election campaign full o