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Politics

Macron's polling lead over Le Pen widens ahead of French presidential election

FILE PHOTO: Official campaign posters of French President and centrist LREM party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, are displayed at France Affichage Plus dispatch hub in Mitry-Mory, outside Paris, France, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French President Emmanuel Macron's lead in voting intention polls for the second-round runoff vote on April 24 widened further on Tuesday, with two polls putting him at the highest level since before the first round.

An Ipsos poll saw Macron winning 56.5% of the vote, up half a point from Friday and up 3.5 points from 53 April 8, two days before the first-round vote in which Macron and far-right candidate Le Pen qualified for the second round.

An Opinionway poll on Tuesday put Macron at 56%, up two points on Friday.

(Reporting by GV De Clercq , editing by Tassilo Hummel)

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