France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to abstain in Sunday’s presidential election run-off vote.

Ms Le Pen told a mass rally in Paris she could back neither President Nicolas Sarkozy nor the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and told supporters to follow their conscience.

Ms Le Pen won 6.5 million votes – 17.9% – in the first round of the election.

The latest opinion polls suggest Mr Hollande has a six to 10 point lead over Mr Sarkozy.

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