Centrist politician Francois Bayrou has decided to remain neutral in the French presidential elections, refusing to advise his supporters to vote for either of the leading candidates in the 6 May run-off.
At a highly-anticipated press conference on Wednesday afternoon (24 April), Mr Bayrou, who came third in Sunday's election gaining 18.5 percent of the vote, said that both the centre-right Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal would only make the country's problems worse.
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