Economics
French Presidency Candidates Go on Offensive as Fillon Stumbles
- Le Pen, Macron and Hamon hold rival rallies across country
- Polls show Fillon’s voter support has weakened in past weeks
Reid: French Presidency a Contest of Two Outsiders
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With former front-runner Francois Fillon’s French presidential bid in turmoil, rival candidates stepped in to seize the initiative in the most unpredictable election campaign in decades.
The pollsters’ new favorite, independent Emmanuel Macron, is due to unveil more details of his platform for the presidency at a rally in Paris on Monday evening after hosting a sell-out event in Lyon on Saturday. His main challenger, the National Front’s Marine Le Pen, was also in Lyon at the weekend, where she unveiled a 144-point program program advocating an exit from the euro zone, a referendum on European Union membership and immigration limits.