Belgium's major political representatives congratulated French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, on social networks after the first round of elections on Sunday night.
Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen won the first round of French presidential election and will face off in a runoff vote on May 7, official results shown early Monday.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel wrote on twitter: "Warmest congratulations, best wishes of success for this European, optimistic and far-sighted project."
Elio Di Rupo, president of the socialist party in Belgium, had been in support of socialist Benoit Hamon, but now called on the French to vote for Macron.
Defi, a center-right social liberal party, and the CDH, the center humanist democratic party, also congratulated Macron's results on twitter.
Source: Xinhua
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