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Macron election nightmare: 42 percent of French snub President in latest
damning poll

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Marine Le Pen 'threatening Macron in elections' says expert

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   The French President, who was believed until recently to have to face
   Marine Le Pen in the 2022 election, is now being challenged by left,
   centre and right candidates, all gaining support in the polls.

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   declare his candidacy.

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   Emmanuel Macron's election race is getting tighter (Image: GETTY)

   But Le Pen said she is not threatened by her rival.
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   The National Rally leader said on Monday that if she is elected
   president in the 2022 election, she will call a referendum proposing
   drastic limits on immigration.

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   French election 2022: Marine Le Pen is losing ground in polls (Image:
   GETTY)

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   In 2017, Le Pen made it to the second round of the presidential
   election but was defeated by Macron, who won more than 66 percent of
   the vote.

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   the vote.

   Macron has not yet said whether he will stand for re-election, but
   opinion polls show him and Le Pen as the likely two candidates to make
   it through to the second round, with Macron seen as the eventual
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