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Poll shows Zemmour slightly ahead of Le Pen to challenge Macron in April vote – Metro US

Poll shows Zemmour slightly ahead of Le Pen to challenge Macron in April vote

French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour holds a news conference
French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour holds a news conference in Paris

PARIS (Reuters) – An Ifop voting intentions poll showed far-right commentator Eric Zemmour jumping slightly ahead of far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of the French presidential elections in April, with President Emmanuel Macron remaining in first place.

The rolling Ifop-Fiducial poll saw Macron winning 25% of the votes, Zemmour 16.5%, Le Pen 16% and conservative challenger Valerie Pecresse 15%.

Macron was seen winning the second-round run-off vote with 62% of the votes against Zemmour and with 55% against Le Pen.

(Reporting by GV De Clercq and Kate Entringer; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)