In London, French Expats Rally for Presidential Picks Across the Channel

Apr 23, 2017, 12:02 PM

It's just a few days before the French vote in the first round of their pivotal presidential elections, and three hundred people are packed into a lecture hall to show support for front-runner Emmanuel Macron. "Our movement is like no other before it," Ygal El Harrar tells the crowd, to applause. It's the kind of scene taking place across France — but in fact this event took place a hundred or so miles north in London's Westminster University, on April 18.