ahead of what s expected to be a close run off between president emmanuel macron and his far right rival, marine le pen, on sunday. opinion polls suggest emmanuel macron still has the upper hand, but his challenger could perform better than she did when the pair went head to head in 2017. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. it s a bit late for tips on how to land a punch on his opponent. after five divisive years in power, what emmanuel macron needs is to persuade voters who d quite like to punch him to give him their vote instead. florentine and chloe are both teachers here in the suburbs of paris. they voted for mr macron last time. now, they ve come to give him a hard time. le pen isjust.huge disaster, but macron is still a disaster, i think, for school and service public, ah, for public
the french president emmanuel macron has clashed with his far right rival, marine le pen, in a tv debate ahead of sunday s election. the two candidates went head to head on issues like the cost of living, russia and immigration. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. after weeks of sparring from a distance, it s hand to hand combat. the first time in this election that emmanuel macron and marine le pen have fought face to face. bonsoir, marine le pen. bonsoir. with just two campaigning days left, and a quarter of voters saying the debate will shape their decision, they ve been waiting for this. first up, the big one rising prices and spending power, ms le pen s favourite subject. her slogan give the people their money back. mr macron lectures her on why her
polls suggest mr macron is on course to win this weekend s run off with 55% of the vote. from paris, lucy williamson reports. after weeks of sparring from a distance, tonight it s hand to hand combat. the first time in this election that emmanuel macron and marine le pen have fought face to face. bonsoir, marine le pen. bonsoir. with just two campaigning days left, and a quarter of voters saying the debate will shape their decision, they ve been waiting for this. first up, the big one. rising prices and spending power is le pen s favourite subject. her slogan tonight, give the people their money back. mr macron lectures her on why her economic plans won t work. and then goes for the jugular. her relationship with russia.
news, at the old bailey. in france, emmanuel macron and marine le pen are beginning a fortnight of campaigning after reaching the second round of the presidential election. mr macron won more than 27% of the votes in the first round with ms le pen, who leads the far right national rally party, four points behind. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. in the north eastern town of dinard today, mr macron got a master class on why people are voting for marine le pen. everyone talks about the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, this woman says. we have no spending power, we just work and buy and buy groceries to eat. let s see how we compare with others, mr macron replies. he is here to chase the support of far left voters.
of the votes in the first round with ms le pen, who leads the far right national rally party, four points behind. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. in the north eastern town of dinard today, mr macron got a master class on why people are voting for marine le pen. everyone talks about the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, this woman says. we have no spending power, we just work and buy groceries to eat. we are in deep trouble in france. let s see how we compare with others, mr macron replies. he is here to chase the support of far left voters. there were lessons there, too. translation: i d like you to address the needs of us - workers, increase salaries, because today we can t make ends meet. marine le pen is doing better in this election because she has spent years talking about rising prices and the struggle to make ends meet. her solutions include no income