TRUMP MARK 2? Le Pen surge closes gap as she looks to mirror Republican’s charge to power
MARINE Le Pen has dramatically slashed the gap to her rivals and could be set to emulate Donald Trump’s shock charge towards the White House, the latest polls for the French presidential election show today.
By NICK GUTTERIDGE IN BRUSSELS
Express.co.uk
Fri, Feb 17, 2017
The Front National leader has reeled in both her conservative rival Francois Fillon and centrist Emmanuel Macron and now sits on a similar level of support to that attracted by the Republican 80 days ahead of his surprise victory.
Polling for the all-important second round of voting to decide who will become the next French president shows she is still lagging behind both men, but by a significantly smaller margin that just a few weeks ago.
The unexpected results are a sign of the political momentum growing behind the controversial nationalist chief, who has been hoovering up votes amongst France’s disaffected working classes and legions of young unemployed.
A survey carried out for Opinion Way showed that in the space of just 10 days Ms Le Pen has reduced the polling gap to Mr Fillon, who has been hit by a series of scandals, from a massive 21 points to just 14.
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