While Macron, who entered the race as the clear favourite, appears to have lost ground in recent polls, far-right candidate Le Pen continues on her upward trend
Macron so far has kept clear of any direct debate, the two have increasingly taken aim at each other from afar. And they were not mincing their words on Friday.“There was a clear strategy to hide what is brutal in her programme,” Macron told Le Parisien in an interview published on Friday.
She said her programme, which includes adding a “national priority” principle to the French constitution, would not discriminate against people on grounds of their origin – as long as they held a French passport.Macron is ahead in opinion polls, which still see him as the most likely winner, but his re-election is no longer a foregone conclusion. Le Pen’s solid comeback in opinion polls has put her victory within the margin of error in some surveys.
“Honestly early on, I thought he was sure to win”, said Thanh Phan, a technician, as he sipped his coffee on the outskirts of Paris. “Now, we’re seeing their scores get closer to each other, and Marine Le Pen could indeed become president.” “They won’t necessarily vote for Marine Le Pen, but they don’t want to vote for Emmanuel Macron,” said Jean-David Levy, the deputy director of polling institute Harris Interactive.According to opinion polls, around a third of voters still haven’t made up their minds, which analysts say often favours candidates with realistic chances to enter the second round as undecided voters tend to go for what French call a “useful vote”, meaning voting strategically.
Macron expressed regret on Friday for having entered the race late, saying he had had no choice because of the war in Ukraine.
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