Border Controls: Port City and Terror Attack

border controls: Centrist Emmanuel Macron called for national unity and stronger intelligence, according to CTV. Le Pen and Macron are among four leading candidates seen as most likely to progress from Sunday's first round and to reach the May 7 runoff between the top two. While national security previously has been a strong theme in the campaign, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen hardened her tone on foreign extremists and border controls in the wake of the arrests that came days before the first round of voting. As the government prepared to flood streets with more than 50,000 police and soldiers to safeguard the ballot, Interior Minister Matthias Fekl said police thwarted an imminent terror attack, arresting two men in the southern port city of Marseille. It said police seized guns and explosives of a type previously used in attacks in France and Belgium inspired by the Islamic State group. Both are suspected Islamic radicals, according to the Paris prosecutors' office, which is leading the probe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.