Protestors dangle off Eiffel Tower as French election campaigning ends

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Protests are breaking out in Paris on the last day of campaigning before the French presidential election&comma; with environmental activists dangling off the Eiffel Tower and students blocking the entrance to schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Activists for Greenpeace slipped into the Eiffel Tower at about 5am and hung a banner with the French national motto&colon; Liberty&comma; Equality&comma; Fraternity&period; Six activists then abseiled down the tower&&num;8217&semi;s archway&period; The sign was removed about 45 minutes after it was unfurled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Paris school district said 10 high schools were completely or partially blocked by student protesters who say they oppose both presidential candidates&period; The protests came as the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron said his country has to find a common destiny and overcome the anger that is dividing it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Macron told Europe 1 radio that if he is elected his duty will be to &&num;8220&semi;ensure that the country keeps its balance&&num;8221&semi;&period; He said Friday he had chosen as his prime minister someone with enough political experience to help bring together a legislative majority but refused to name his choice&period; Despite a testy debate with far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday&comma; Macron insisted that&comma; should he win&comma; she would be the first person he would call&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;IMG&lowbar;1760&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;IMG&lowbar;1760&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"alignleft size-full wp-image-111159" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marine Le Pen said her anger during the presidential debate was a reflection of the anger she sees throughout France&period; &&num;8220&semi;My words were nothing but the reflection of the anger that will explode in this country&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she told RTL radio on Friday&period; She criticised Macron as the candidate of the elite and said the French have had enough of their political and economic situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In recent years&comma; Le Pen has tried to soften the profile of the National Front party founded by her father&period; The party has long been accused of racism and anti-Semitism&period; Meanwhile&comma; former US president Barack Obama endorsed Mr Macron in his first foray into international politics since leaving the White House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Macron released a video from Mr Obama on Thursday&comma; with the former president touting his candidacy&period; &&num;8220&semi;I have admired the campaign that Emmanuel Macron has run&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Obama said&period; &&num;8220&semi;He has stood up for liberal values&semi; he put forward a vision for the important role that France plays in Europe and around the world&semi; and he is committed to a better future for the French people&period; He appeals to people&&num;8217&semi;s hopes&comma; and not their fears&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;99349" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-99349" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;BarackObamaCongratsDonaldTrumpNov2016&lowbar;large&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;BarackObamaCongratsDonaldTrumpNov2016&lowbar;large&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99349" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-99349" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">US President Barack Obama<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Mr Obama said he does not plan to get involved often in political situations&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not planning to get involved in many elections now that I don&&num;8217&semi;t have to run for office again&comma; but the French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about&period; Because the success of France matters to the entire world&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Macron asked Mr Obama for his support&comma; an Obama aide said&period; President Donald Trump has praised Ms Le Pen&comma; although he has not explicitly endorsed her&period; &&num;8220&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;s the strongest on borders&comma; and she&&num;8217&semi;s the strongest on what&&num;8217&semi;s been going on in France&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Trump said on April 21&period; &&num;8220&semi;Whoever is the toughest on radical Islamic terrorism&comma; and whoever is the toughest at the borders&comma; will do well in the election&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Allegations of fake news and hacking attempts also dominated the campaign on Thursday&period; There has been intense anxiety in France over the possibility that viral misinformation or hackers could influence the presidential vote&period; Those fears have largely failed to materialise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Macron&&num;8217&semi;s campaign filed a lawsuit against an unknown source &&num;8220&semi;X&&num;8221&semi; after Ms Le Pen suggested during their debate that the former banker could have an offshore account&period; &&num;8220&semi;I hope we won&&num;8217&semi;t find out you have an offshore account in the Bahamas&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ms Le Pen said&period; She appeared to be referring to two sets of apparent forgeries&comma; published just hours earlier&comma; that purported to show Mr Macron was somehow involved with a Caribbean bank and a firm based on the island of Nevis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Macron&&num;8217&semi;s camp said the former investment banker was the victim of a &&num;8220&semi;cyber-misinformation campaign&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on France Inter radio&comma; 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