Ipsos poll shows current president retains advantage over rightwing candidate in reelection
A poll by Ipsos & Sopra Steria released this Monday (April 18, 2022) shows that French President Emmanuel Macron has a 12point lead over rightwing candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election. The current head of state scores 56% versus 44% for the deputy.
Here is the full text of the study (2 MB).
Both fluctuated within decimal places compared to the survey published on Saturday (Abr. 16). Six days before the second round of the French elections, which will take place on Sunday (April 24), Le Pen cannot close the gap to Macron, who was at least 6 percentage points.
The poll shows Macron can seal his reelection in the election as he is the first president to secure a second term since Jacques Chirac (19322019), who was reelected in 2002.
During this time, Nicolas Sarcozy elected in 2007 failed in the search for a second term and lost the dispute in 2012 against François Hollande. He did not stand for reelection in 2017 due to low popular approval ratings. In France, the presidential term lasts 5 years.
Macron and Le Pen will meet next Wednesday (April 20) for an election debate that will be broadcast on Frace 2 and TF1.
This Monday (April 18), the current President spoke about the dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to him, the same was stopped after the reports of mass killings in Bucha. The government said Macron would not visit Ukraine for the time being. It was an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In recent days, his image has been linked to that of Putin, with critics of his candidacy bailing out his 2017 meeting with the Kremlin chief. On Sunday (April 17), protesters took to the streets of French cities against the Putin of farright representatives in the lawsuit.
On Monday’s agenda (April 18), Le Pen accused the European Union of playing “dirty games” in his country’s election campaign. The politician claimed the bloc turned out to be in “support of his little soldier” Emmanuel Macron.
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