Polls have opened in the French presidential election runoff
from National Front to National Rally in 2018. She downplayed her family links, with campaign posters referring to her as “Marine” or just “M.”
But much of the party’s DNA has remained intact. Le Pen in this campaign advocated for a referendum to end immigration to France, for women to be fined for wearing headscarves in public, and for a French-first approach to policies that would put her in direct confrontation with European Union laws and values.
Her campaign, though, focused on capturing public frustration with Macron’s economic and social policies. She further encouraged a sentiment that Macron, a former investment banker, has been a “president of the rich,” who can be aloof and arrogant.In Hénin-Beaumont, a far-right stronghold in northern France where Le Pen was expected to cast her ballot on Sunday, Joel Viville said Saturday that he will vote for Le Pen “to have change.
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