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       Watch live as French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen holds rally in Arras

       Emmanuel Macron is pulling away from Marine Le Pen and is on course for victory with 55 per cent of the vote, latest polls show.

       Polls have also shown that 61 per cent of registered voters are “completely sure” to vote in the second round of France’s presidential election this weekend.

       It comes as Macron said Marine Le Pen, his far-right challenger, is capitalising on anger he has failed to quell among the French people as their election campaigns entered their final days.

       Both candidates spoke to the media on Friday morning as they attempted to sweep up voters and support ahead of Sunday’s vote.

       The current president said the far-right lived on “fears and resentment” and accepted his opponent was able to draw on his own failures in her bid to replace him.

       In her interview this morning, Ms Le Pen accused Mr Macron of “not liking the French”.

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       Show latest update 1650642840 NEW: Polls show Macron pulling away from LePen

       The latest polls have shown Emmanuel Macron pulling away from Marine Le Pen and on course for victory with 55 per cent of the vote according to IFOP Fiducial Poll.

       (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

       Thomas Kingsley 22 April 2022 16:54

       1650639480 Marine Le Pen: Background and family

       Want to know more about Marine Le Pen and her background? Joe Sommerlad takes a look at her life and family:

       Marine Le Pen: The far-right French presidential challenger and her family in profile Challenger hopes to deny incumbent Emmanuel Macron a second term in Sunday’s election

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 15:58

       1650636939 YouGov final poll predicts Macron win

       Here is a YouGov’s final poll on the French presidential election:

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 15:15

       1650635667 Where are the candidates today?

       Marine Le Pen has been campaigning in her stronghold of northern France today in a last-ditch effort to try to close the gap between herself and Emmanuel Macron in polls.

       She visited a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais region.

       French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen tastes a melon coming from Morocco as she campaigns at a street market

       (AP)

       The far-right candidate also went to a street market in Etaples near Le Touquet - a pointed choice on the final day of campaigning given that it is the constituency in which Emmanuel Macron himself votes.

       Marine Le Pen visits a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer in the northern Pas-de-Calais region on Friday

       (AFP via Getty Images)

       After his radio interview this morning, Mr Macron was set to travel to Figeac, a town deep in France’s southern heartland.

       Emmanuel Macron arrives for a campaign rally in Figeac

       (EPA)

       His supporters have gathered with flags for the final rally of his re-election campaign:

       Emmanuel Macron holds his last camping meeting in Figeac

       (EPA)

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 14:54

       1650632571 Macron admits failing to tackle anger in France

       Emmanuel Macron has admitted failing to tackle some of the anger felt by voters in France, saying his opponent Marine Le Pen is using it to drive her campaign ahead of Sunday’s vote.

       Two days before the pair face each other in the final round of the election, the incumbent said far-right Ms Le Pen was capitalising on the “fears and resentment” of the electorate

       Rory Sullivan has more on the president’s comments this morning:

       Ahead of French vote, Macron says Le Pen capitalising on anger he failed to address ’The far-right lives on fears and resentment’, says Emmanuel Macron ahead of Sunday’s election

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 14:02

       1650628023 Emmanuel Macron: Background and family

       France’s president Emmanuel Macron is expected to win a second term in the Elysee Palace in Sunday’s runoff vote against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

       But who is the centrist president? Joe Sommerlad takes a look at his background and family:

       Emmanuel Macron: The French president and his family in profile France’s leader is seeking to see off far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s election

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 12:47

       1650624636 Melenchon as prime minister? Macron answers

       Emmanuel Macron has been asked whether he would have Jean-Luc Melenchon, the far-left and environmentally-minded politician who came third in the first round of voting, as prime minister.

       An interviewer mentioned how Mr Macron had said he wanted the person in this role to be in charge of climate.

       The president danced around the question and described how the prime minister is chosen: it is based on the make-up of parliament, which will be decided in a vote in summer.

       “I’m fighting first to gain the trust of our fellow citizens on Sunday. And then there will be the parliamentary elections. And there will be a prime minister chosen in light of these elections,” he said.

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 11:50

       1650622839 New poll puts Macron winning with 57 per cent of votes

       Emmanuel Macron is seen winning the presidential election with 57 per cent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pen, according to a new poll by Poll OpinionWay - Kea Partners.

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 11:20

       1650620729 Le Pen managed to draw on failures and anger I failed to pacify, Macron says

       Speaking about his rival this morning, Emmanuel Macron said: “She has managed to draw on some of what we did not manage to do, on some of the things I did not manage to do to pacify some of the anger, respond quickly to what voters want and in particular show herself as offering security to the middle and working French classes.”

       He added to France Inter radio: “The far-right lives on fears and resentment.”

       Reuters

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 10:45

       1650619462 Macron and Le Pen trade blows in interviews

       Emmanuel Macron also said this morning the far-right lives “on fears and resentment” as he traded blows with Marine Le Pen in media interviews this morning.

       Meanwhile his far-right opponent accused the president of embodying an elitism that has failed ordinary people.

       “He does not like the French,” she told Europe 1 radio on Friday.

       Zoe Tidman 22 April 2022 10:24

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