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French Presidential Election: Bracing For Possible Le Pen ’Nightmare’

French Presidential Election: Bracing For Possible Le Pen ’Nightmare’
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Two weeks before the French cast their first presidential ballots, the specter of victory for the far-right leader who promises to crack down on immigration sends shivers down many a spine.

French Presidential Election: Bracing For Possible Le Pen ’Nightmare’

Pollsters say the anti-EU firebrand can count on the unwavering support of about one in four voters to get her past the first round of voting on April 23.

Although they also say the National Front [FN] leader cannot win in the decisive May 7 runoff whoever she faces, a great many pundits were wrong about Brexit and Donald Trump after failing to feel the populist pulse.

And with one in three voters still undecided at this late stage, pollsters would be wise to hedge their bets.

Predictions of a "nightmare" Le Pen presidency abound in bookstores and the media.

The 48-year-old candidate poses a "genuine peril", according to Matthieu Croissandeau, editor-in-chief of the left-leaning newsweekly L'Obs, which ran a special report last month titled "Black Scenario of the First 100 Days".

Dozens of actors, singers and other artists put their names to an op-ed in the Liberation daily last Sunday warning: "The National Front is on the threshold of power. We call for a bulwark against Marine Le Pen... in the name of freedom of thought and creativity."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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