French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who narrows the gap with President Emanuel Macron in her intention to vote in the run-up to Sunday’s presidential election, today exaggerated how “reasonable” it is to embellish her image. .
Le Pen, which Macron easily defeated by securing two-thirds of the vote five years ago, is so close that the one who will prevail in a possible run-off on April 24 is now on the brink of error, as emerged yesterday poll.
After its overwhelming defeat in 2017, Lepen systematically tries to improve her image in order to appear as a possible leader and not an extreme anti-systemic opponent of the president.
Polls suggest her efforts have paid off, with the former critic emerging as the second most popular politician in the country, something that was once considered impossible in France.
According to a poll conducted by OpinionWay and Kea Partners on behalf of Les Echos and Radio Classique, the results of which were published today, Macron and Le Pen go to the second round, the first with 27% and the second with 23%, while the current president ultimately prevails with 53%.
“I always try to have the most logical point of view and the one that defends the interests of France,” Le Pen said in an interview with France Inter radio, announcing her views on a range of issues – from foreign policy to climate change.
The 53-year-old began her campaign early with rallies, mostly small-scale, in small towns at a time when voters say they want candidates close to them.
Today, Lepen highlighted something that is increasingly preoccupying some of Macron’s advisers: the late start of his rather sluggish campaign, which even according to supporters of his only large rally ahead of the first round, was disappointing.
“I’ve been campaigning seriously, I’ve been on the battlefield for six months now … others are choosing not to campaign, including the president of the Republic,” Le Pen said.
Certainly, Lepen, who in recent months has shown more of her love for cats than her anti-immigrant views, has not changed the core of the far-right program.
It has pledged to abolish some welfare benefits for foreigners, to ban family reunification, to give priority to the French in the labor market and the institution of workers’ housing, to ban the use of hijab in public places and to expel unemployed foreigners from France.
Today she defended these views.
“Being French should give you more rights than being a foreigner,” he said.
But it has not focused on that in its election campaign, as for a large number of voters purchasing power has been a major issue in the campaign given inflation and rising fuel prices.
The appearance of Eric Zemour, who is even more right-wing in relation to Le Pen and who has incendiary anti-immigrant positions, has helped her smooth her image and appear even more attractive to voters.
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