French politician Marine Le Pen. File photoPARIS, Apr 9The leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has a much better chance of reaching the second round of the presidential elections in France than the opposition candidate closest to her, the head of the left-wing Rebellious France party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, such an opinion in an interview with RIA The news was expressed by François Asselino, leader of the French People's Republican Union party, presidential candidate in the 2017 elections. Without a doubt, Marine Le Pen has the best chance of reaching the second round. She has maintained the second position in all polls for the past two months. second only to incumbent President Macron. Despite or because of Eric Zemmour's nomination, she is now more «mid-way» than ever,» Asselino said.
France is not ready yet. Why Macron will stay for another five yearsAccording to him, she stopped talking a lot about the migration issue, which, of course, is presented in her program, but not as widely as the second representative of the right-wing Zemmura, who proposes to seriously tighten migration policy. Le Pen decided to focus on the purchasing power of French citizens, which is strongly threatened by two major crises in Europe: rapid inflation due to the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, and now an energy crisis due to events in Ukraine. criticized for her good relations with Russia and President Putin, but she managed to distract critics from this precisely because she focused on the daily financial difficulties of her fellow citizens. And now the gap between her and Macron is narrowing, «Mélenchon concluded. Asselino, led a good campaign, being an excellent orator. However, now, according to polls, Mélenchon is able to gain about 15% of the vote in the first round, while Le Pen — about 23%, the expert noted. So, he added, Melenchon will need the votes of other voters who intend to vote in the first round for the environmentalist Yannick Jadot, the communist Fabien Roussel, the socialist Anne Hidalgo and others. .jpg» />Polls showed Macron's minimal lead over Le Pen ahead of the election»He is hampered mainly by the fact that the French left is divided among many parties… So the polling data that predicts a runoff final like in 2017 is likely to be confirmed. But Nevertheless, Mélenchon has a chance to go to the second round if those who abstain from voting wake up and start voting for the left,» the expert believes. The first round of the French presidential election will take place on April 10, the second is scheduled for April 24. Twelve politicians are vying for the top government post, including incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, leader of the far-right National Rally party Marine Le Pen, candidate of the center-right Republican party Valerie Pecresse, and far-right candidate Eric Zemmour, who founded the Reconquest party. «, the head of the leftist party «Unsubdued France» Jean-Luc Melenchon, the national secretary of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who is running for the Socialists party, a member of the Europe — Ecology — Greens party Yannick Jadot and others.
