Emanuel Macron has warned his supporters that “nothing has happened” as the French president faces a new battle with far-right rival Marin Le Pen. The pair finished in first and second place in Sunday’s first round and Macron traveled to a poorer area of northern France on Monday, backing Le Pen and his National Rally party, two weeks before the election campaign. . Polls suggest Macron is ahead, but Ms. Le Pen, whose team will meet on Monday to discuss her strategy for the April 24 run-off, is not far behind. Macron said he wanted to convince those who voted “extreme” that “our work responds much more seriously to their fears and challenges of the time.” Le Pen’s campaign wants to focus on rising food and energy prices and anger at Mr Macron over policies that are seen as benefiting the rich.
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Macron campaigns in northern France with warning “nothing has been decided yet”
Emanuel Macron will carry out his campaign to win additional votes in the industrial centers of northern France on Monday. The president will visit a stronghold of his far-right rival Marin Le Pen, which he will face in the second round of the presidency on April 24. “Let us not make a mistake, nothing has been decided yet,” he told his supporters, as the individual results showed that he qualified for the second round. He criticized his far-right rival for funding its populist economic agenda which would see the retirement age reduced to 60 for those starting work before the age of 20, income tax for those under 30 and VAT on energy reduced to 5. 5% from 20%. Macron added: “Do you want a France that talks about full-time employment and is serious about funding the welfare state, its retirees, its schools, its hospitals and its public services?” Tom Batchelor 11 April 2022 09:13 1649664430
Macron with 27%, Lepen with 23% after the vote in the first round
With almost all the votes counted, Emanuel Macron has a little more than 27 percent and Marin Le Pen a little less than 24 percent. Hard-line leader Jean-Luc Melanson was third, losing the second round of the two candidates by almost 22 percent. The result for Ms. Lepen is the best result ever received by a candidate for the presidency of the National Rally in the first round. Mr Macron’s share is the best performance in the first round for an incumbent president since 1988. Tom Batchelor April 11, 2022 9:07 AM 1649663744
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the French presidential election, a day after the public voted in the first round of voting that put Emmanuel Macron ahead, with Marin Le Pen closely following. Tom Batchelor 11 April 2022 08:55
