France, Macron strengthens its position ahead of elections

Centrist candidate in the French presidential elections, which seem to shake the campaign, he promised to unite the nation and strengthen relations with Germany, in a very important speech.

Emmanuel Macron has also pledged to increase defense spending, when he spoke before the crowd gathered in the eastern city of Lyon. Former socialist minister of Economy was cut to create his own party over the past year.

Polls show that he could face the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, which is expected to also hold an important speech during this Sunday's presidential election runoff in April.

National Front led by it launched a two-day rally is the Lion, to promote its slogan that promises to restore French sovereignty to the budget limits, money and laws. However, extremist party renounced a previous promise to restore the death penalty.

The French will be directed to the polls on April 23 in one of the most open races in decades and rival, the socialist president François Hollande who declined to run for reelection.

Republican opposition candidate, François Fillon was seen as the leading contender to forward charges last month in connection with payments made to his wife for a parliamentary function, which raised major doubts over his prospects.

Macron, whose party is called "En Marche", seeks to portray himself as a unifying before a crowd of about 8,000 people.

"I have to say that the left and the right are meaningless, or that are the same. But these divisions are not an obstacle. I want to reunite two Franc growing up separated from each other from a long time. I want a more European defense, as well as partnership between France and Germany, "he added.

Meanwhile, there was also a statement of the US president Donald Trump, mainly challenging its policy of raising the wall with Mexico, which compared with French efforts to build fortifications that still failed to stop Hitler in 1940.

"I do not want to raise a wall. I can assure you that there is no wall in his program. Do you remember the Maginot Line? ".