Far-right Le Pen now second most-liked French politician, poll shows
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s veteran far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is the second most-liked politician within the nation, in accordance with a ballot on Thursday which got here 10 days forward of the primary spherical of voting.
In accordance with the Elabe ballot for Les Echos newspaper and Radio Classique, 35% of these polled stated they’d a “good picture” of Le Pen. In 2017, when she misplaced to Emmanuel Macron within the presidential election’s runoff, the determine stood at 32%.
Le Pen has overtaken former President Nicolas Sarkozy within the ballot, who got here in third with 33% of optimistic opinions. She nonetheless lags, nonetheless, former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who scored 44%.
The Elabe ballot didn’t take a look at the recognition of President Emmanuel Macron nor that of his Prime Minister Jean Castex.
In 2017, 46% of these polled by Elabe had a “very poor picture” of Le Pen, who’s gearing up for her third presidential bid, towards 34% now.
Le Pen has softened her picture since 2017, ditching unpopular plans to drop the euro, tweeting about her ardour for cats, and on one event taking selfies with a veiled Muslim lady.
Though polls confirmed Macron obtained a lift in voting intentions after Russia waged warfare on Ukraine, he’s now falling again as Le Pen positive factors floor.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon ; Modifying by Elaine Hardcastle)
