her policies include a ban on the muslim headscarf in public places, but she s tried to soften her image and show she s ready for high office. translation: what will happen on the 24th of april is not - just a vote about conditions, it s a matter of society. even of civilisation. critics call le pen s policy programme racist. her supporters say it s macron whose time is up. in 2017, people voted for macron because he was new and we didn t know him so everyone was like, well, let s try it. we tried it and it was awful. macron has been accused of being barely visible at points in this campaign. too focused on international issues to notice people s struggles at home. do you think emmanuel macron has been too complacent so far? i don t think so. i think he was at work, trying to protect his people,
to soften her image and show she s ready for high office. translation: what will happen of the 24th of april is not - just a vote about conditions, it s a matter of society. even of civilisation. critics call le pen s policy programme racist. her supporters say it s macron whose time is up. in 2017, people voted for macron because he was new and we didn t know him so everyone was like, well, let s try it. we tried it and it was awful. macron has been accused of being barely visible at points in this campaign. too focused on international issues to notice people s struggles at home. do you think emmanuel macron has been too complacent so far? i don t think so. i think he was at work, trying to protect his people, trying to tackle very in depth crisis but we need to work, we need to show what is our project,
marine le pen. so marine le pen s economic policies are being heard. let s have a listen to some of her speech last night. what will happen on the 24th of april is notjust a vote about conditions. it is a matter of society. even of civilisation. marine le pen s has focused her campaign on the cost of living. let s remind ourselves who she is. marine le pen became the new leader of france s far right in 2011 she took over the party, the national front, from herfather, jean marie le pen. after she lost to macron in 2017, she reformed it. it s now called national rally. let s look at some of her policies. she wants to waive income tax for those under 30. she wants to reduce immigration, fight islamicism , and ban all islamic head coverings like the hijab in public. emmanuel macron has called her policies racist. let s hear from journalist catherine nicholson again. marine le pen has been speaking to voters about issues that really
respectful of others so that we can create a server in france, and i believe this can happen on the 24th of april. i decided in this campaign to be free of partisan politics and to be free of partisan politics and to support all french and to talk directly to you. i will continue to do that without excluding anyone. so, i will be the president of all the french, if i am given that honour. what will happen on the 24th of april will notjust be a circumstantial vote but will be one reflecting society and civilisation. let s head now to nick beake who is at marine le pen s campaign headquarters in the 12th arrondissement. when you look at the first round results five years ago, despite all the momentum that she had, she
as though their voices were not being heard. marine le pen has been working tirelessly over the last five weeks travelling around the country and making sure she has a connection with the people who she believes she can capitalise on their sense of being unheard at the polls. i think things will change quite dramatically over the next two weeks, in between this first round in the final vote on the 24th of april. because president macron is acutely aware, he needs to make more effort to try to connect with these people. otherwise this complacency could really affect the final vote. there is a lot of apathy here, about 28% of people are expected not to actually vote and that could affect him, too. because he really needs voters to come out if he is to maintain his position as the president of france.- maintain his position as the president of france. thank you very much, president of france. thank you very much. anna president of france. thank you very much, anna holligan president o