The president of France leads in the polls and Marine Le Pen is positioned to join him in the second round.
The campaign for the French presidential election in April started today, two weeks before the elections in which the current head of state, Emmanuel Macronremains a favourite.
Both Macron and the far-right candidate Marine LePen they remain best positioned to advance to the second round on April 24, although the current head of state heads into the final stretch with a smaller lead.
The president continues to lead the polls with 28.4% of the voting intentions in the first round, on April 10, followed by Le Pen (19.3%) and the leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon (14%), but has half of the vote. lost the momentum gained after the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24.
Although her first place does not seem threatened, the leader of the National Group is consolidating as the candidate who, as in 2017, will meet him in the second round, trying to reach twelve candidates.
Source: EITB
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