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Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have advanced to the second round of the French presidential election in two weeks’ time, a final vote count on Monday confirmed, ushering in a rematch of their 2017 contest. Macron, the 44-year-old centrist incumbent, took 27.84% of the vote while his far-right nationalist rival came in second with 23.15%. This is the third time Le Pen, 53, has run for the presidency. With the next phase of the race starting, Macron travelled to meet citizens at campaign stops in France’s industrial north. “I am willing to do anything to convince people,” Macron said on Monda…