Macron Urges EU Pressure on Russia as Campaign Suffers Cyber Hit

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Macron takes a tougher stance on Russia than his main election rivals and has seen his campaign hit by multiple cyber attacks in recent weeks. Emmanuel Macron is calling for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. Emmanuel Macron Photographer: Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty ImagesMacron?s campaign chief Richard Ferrand on Monday blamed the Russian government for perpetrating cyber attacks on his team?s computer networks in an interview on France 2 Television. ?I don?t believe in French people saying that great-power France should be speaking to great-power Russia -- good luck with that,? Macron said in January in Berlin. The candidate suffered another attack Tuesday, leaving his website down for 9 minutes, according to Agence France-Presse.