NEARLY 50% OF FRENCH EXPECT MACRON TO BE RE-ELECTED- POLL

Tue 18 January 2022:

According to a poll conducted by the Elabe firm for the BFMTV channel on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron is likely to win re-election in April by 48 percent of respondents.

By 14 percent of those polled, Republican candidate Valerie Pecresse and far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen are projected to win.

Eric Zemmour, a far-right presidential candidate and leader of the Reconquete party, is anticipated to win by 6% of respondents, while Jean-Luc Melenchon, a far-left presidential candidate and leader of the France Unbowed party, is expected to win by 5%.

The remaining contenders are not projected to win the election by more than 3% of voters.

The first round of the French presidential election will take place on April 10th, followed by the second round on April 24th. Macron has not yet made his candidacy official.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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