President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he has no fear of losing France's presidential election despite far-right rival Marine Le Pen narrowing the gap in opinion polls ahead of Sunday's first-round vote.
PARIS -- President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he has no fear of losing France's presidential election, despite far-right rival Marine Le Pen narrowing the gap in opinion polls days before the first-round vote.
Le Pen, running in her third presidential race, has consistently placed second behind Macron in polls. She appeared to close the gap even further according to a BVA poll published showing her just 3% behind Macron's 26%. Other polls have given a 4-6 point difference between the two. "If Emmanuel Macron had enriched the country, excuse me but we wouldn't be talking about purchasing power," Le Pen said at her final rally Thursday evening in the southwest town of Perpignan whose far-right mayor, Louis Aliot, is her former companion.
Pollsters say measuring the proportion of people who may not vote is a delicate task. The Odoxa polling firm suggested Friday that turnout could near a historic low level, with 27.4% of eligible voters staying home. That would be five points more than in 2017.
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