French elections: Reduces Le Pen – Macron difference in the second round new poll

April 12, 2022

Robert

THE far-right candidate for the French presidency, Marine Le Penreduces the difference towards the outgoing President Emanuel Macron in view of second round of the presidential elections in Franceas shown by poll the results of which were made public today, according to which the abstention rate is expected even bigger.

The company poll OpinionWay-Kea Partners conducted on behalf of Les Echos and Radio Classique shows that Lepen is reducing the difference between the two presidential candidates who will go to the second round by a percentage point although Macron remains the winner of the second round with 54% of the vote.

The same poll predicts turnout reduced by 1%, to 70%, from 74.56% in the last presidential elections of 2017, which was already the lowest since 1969.

Le Pen: “I have no hidden agenda” for the country to leave the EU

The far right candidate for president of France Marin Le Pen stated today that he has no “hidden agenda” for France to leave the EU even if its attempts to reform the bloc fail.

“I have no hidden agenda,” Le Pen told France Inter radio.

“I think the vast majority of the French people no longer want the EU in its current form, which is a European Union that operates in a completely undemocratic way, which is threatening, blackmailing and pursuing policies that are opposed to it. “in the interests of the people,” he said.

THE Lepen abandoned previous plans to lead France out of the EU, out of the Schengen area and out of the eurozone.

However, she remains a deeply Eurosceptic. He says he will renegotiate the Schengen agreement and increase the number of customs officials, restoring controls on goods imported into the country from other EU countries.

He claims that such a move would be aimed at combating “fraud”, but analysts say it raises questions about unhindered trade within the EU single market.

Nicolas Sarkozy: I will vote for Macron in the second round

Message of support Emanuel Macron in the second round of the French elections, on April 24, the former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy.

In a tweet, he states that he will vote for Macron, because he has the necessary experience to manage the great international crisis.

He praises Macron for his economic policy, but also for his European direction, for which he says there is no ambiguity.

Sarkozy also says that a new era is coming and big cuts will be needed. France’s interest must be our only guide, concludes the former French president.