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Now he is feeding strong hostility in a substantial part of the public especially among the leftist voters he needs to win. The showdown is a repeat of the 2017 election when Macron beat Le Pen with a hefty margin of almost 33 percentage points.

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Macron and Le Pen took the top two spots in the preliminary round of voting earlier this month just as they did in 2017.

. In 2017 Macron was a fresh face and had no record to defend. When he came into power in 2017 Macron ended Frances wealth tax imposed a flat capital gains tax cut corporation tax reduced social spending and curtailed labor laws. France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen once again advancing to the final after first-round. Le Pen has led a low-key campaign focused on household purchasing power at a moment when inflation is becoming a general concern in the country.

Some of his first-round rivals from the left and the right have called on their supporters to rally around Macron and block a Le Pen presidency. Macron and Le Pen will face off again on April 24. The debate of that year proved disastrous for Le Pen who struggled under. This time the last polls published before Saturdays campaigning.