Marine Le Pen could sweep to victory with the help of Russian hackers

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The elites are set to hold a top-level meeting over concerns of a Moscow hacking plot to derail the likes of candidates Francois Fillon and Emmanuel Macron to make way for National Front leader Ms Le Pen.

The revelation comes after Mr Macron, 39, was forced to deny online rumours that he had a gay affair, which emerged on a Russian-owned website, during the French election 2017 campaign.

Former conservative frontrunner Francois Fillion’s popularity has dropped dramatically following the scandal he misused public funds to pay his British wife for work she may not have done.

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