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Macron May Meet Striking Workers at Whirlpool Plant in Northern France Wednesday

© Sputnik / Alexey Vitvitsky / Go to the mediabankEmmanuel Macron, leader of En Marche! movement, center, is seen here in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage in the Pas-de-Calais department during the first round of the French presidential elections
Emmanuel Macron, leader of En Marche! movement, center, is seen here in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage in the Pas-de-Calais department during the first round of the French presidential elections - Sputnik International
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French independent presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron could travel to his hometown of Amiens on Wednesday to see the striking workers at the Whirlpool factory, even though the visit is not on his official agenda.

People walk past campaign posters of Marine Le Pen (L), French National Front (FN) political party leader, and Emmanuel Macron (R), head of the political movement En Marche! (Onwards!), two of the eleven candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election in Paris, France, April 10, 2017 - Sputnik International
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PARIS (Sputnik) — French independent presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron could meet with the striking workers at the Whirlpool factory in the northern city of Amiens this week after having asked the candidate for support, local media reported Tuesday.

About 60 factory employees have been blocking the entrance to the site since Monday in protest against the factory leadership's plan to shift the plant's production to Poland.

According to the BFMTV broadcaster, the founder of the En Marche! movement could travel to his hometown of Amiens on Wednesday to see the factory workers, even though the visit is not on his official agenda.

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The strikers told the RMC radio that it would not be a warm reception.

The presidential candidate initially promised to visit the plant in the period between the two election rounds, the French media reported.

On Sunday, the first round of the presidential election took place in France, with Macron receiving 24.01 percent of the vote and his rival, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, coming in second with 21.3 percent.

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