French Far-Right Seen Trouncing Macron’s Party in EU Elections
- Poll Shows 33% of respondents back Le Pen’s National Rally
- Macron’s Renaissance party garners 15.5% voter intentions
Marine Le Pen
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France’s far-right National Rally is extending its lead against President Emmanuel Macron’s party in European elections to be held in two weeks, according to an Elabe poll for La Tribune and BFM TV.
Asked which of the parties they intend to vote for, 33% of those surveyed backed the National Rally, which is led by Marine Le Pen in the country’s lower house of parliament, while 15.5% preferred a coalition of parties including Macron’s Renaissance, according to the poll published in the Sunday edition of the newspaper.