FILE PHOTO: People gather to pay tribute to Quentin, an activist who died from injuries sustained during a beating, during a demonstration in Paris FILE PHOTO: A sign as people gather to pay tribute ...

France's political mainstream, shut out of the presidency by an angry electorate, united on Monday to call on voters to back centrist Emmanuel Macron and reject Marine Le Pen's populist nationalism.

Socialists and allies held on to power France's big four cities - Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille - on a local election night that offered hopes for mainstream parties in next year's presidential ...