Centrist Emmanuel Macron and populist Marine Le Pen have qualified for the second round of the presidential election in France and will face each other in the runoff vote on May 7. The two candidates defeated conservative Francois Fillon and left-wing challenger Jean-Luc Melenchon in one of the most unpredictable presidential elections in modern French history. Macron and Le Pen have wildly different views on what the future of France should look like. Macron campaigned on a promise to cut public spending by some 60 billion euros (roughly $64 billion) and invest around 50 billion euros in policies to modernize the French economy. He also wants to reform France's labor legislation and further deregulate certain sectors of the French economy. Defending France's role in the European Union, Macron believes that Paris should co-lead the bloc alongside Germany.