(COMBO) (FILES) This combination of pictures created on May 4, 2017 shows a file photo taken on November 2, 2016 of then US President Barack Obama (L) speaking at a rally at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and a file photo taken on April 18, 2017 of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron reacting during his visit to the KRYS group's headquarters in Bazainville. Former US president Barack Obama endorsed Emmanuel Macron for the French presidency, praising the centrist frontrunner's "liberal values" in a video posted on May 4, 2017 on the candidate's website. / AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO AND POOL / NICHOLAS KAMM AND THOMAS SAMSON