Marine Le Pen is the candidate in the French elections who has a chance to upset the centrist Emmanuel Macron evidenced by recent polls.
Though her opponent is leading, the far-right candidate catches up enough in votes and supporters. But Macron touts her as another Donald Trump who could have far-reaching impacts on French politics.
Le Pen Entices New Voters to the National Rally
In an attempt to pull in voters in the mainstream despite her far-right leanings, Le Pen has turned her policies to be more acceptable, reported the New York Times.
This campaign is the third that she has embarked on to be the first female French president.
In a recent speech in Stiring-Wendel, Le Pen stressed the cost of living, which the listeners connected to what she was saying. She even surprised her supporters, who liked the projection to voters.
Everyone who heard and saw her noticed a more presidential and less extreme, mature and self-assured, which positively impacted the crowd.
France would be voting on Sunday, which will be a rehash of the elections in 2019 with a second-round stunner for Le Pen before that could be different this time, cited Al Jazeera.
Macron's closest rival has made a 360 in her image after elections five years back but still kept her core credentials as a far-right politician but less intense. The change of image could bring a victory with a slight rise in the polls over Macron.
Le Pen's Radical Changes Could Win Votes
Pierre Person, a national lawmaker of the president's party, said Marine Le Pen is very sympathetic compared to her rival, which could be worrisome in the election.
Jean-Yves Camus, director of the Observatory of Radical Politics, an expert on the National Rally party, said that she is more approachable to the working class with her simple lifestyle changing perception.
According to Person, Marine Le Pen appears more sympathetic than Emmanuel Macron, adding that he was worried that she could win, cited Hunts Town.
Camus also says she sounds natural, not fake, and a few voters have not missed that. Others prefer her dropping the Frexit tag in her campaign.
Eric Zemmour had an impact on her campaign. Zemmour, a TV host and political rival, had outshone her several times but helped her assume stands on several issues.
As the TV host agreed with Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, she was able to be against it and show concern for Ukrainian refugees.
In contrast to her other hard right-leaning rival, Le Pen was the more reasonable far-right candidate despite the vagueness of their differences. Le Pen dropped opposition to immigration and immigrants to lessen French taxes.
Macron's rival is not against dual citizenship though she still wants to give those seeking naturalization a more challenging time and availing of social services.
Fewer taxes for citizens by lessening services to new immigrants, and even disallow scarf-wearing by Muslims in public, though some disagree in the far-right, according to France 24.
Le Pen Opens Up About Personal Life
She loves cats that she breeds and has a turbulent relationship with her mother but has been single for a while now. She plans to live in the élysée Palace with just her cats per Canal Plus.
These are what makes Marine Le Pen who she is and some facts relevant to what people should know about her on April 24.
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