Valérie Pécresse, the conservative candidate who crashed out in the first round of the French presidential election, has urged people to vote for incumbent Emmanuel Macron. Should his challenger in the run-off, the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, come to power, there would be “disastrous consequences for the country and for future generations,” Pécresse said in Paris. France would then be wiped off the European and international stage, said the 54-year-old candidate for the Republicans, who according to projections only managed around 5%. “The result is a personal and collective disappointm…