Presidential election: Europe is looking to France: Who can still stop Marine Le Pen?
Eight months before the presidential election, the main candidates met for the first time. In the polls, the political fringes are in the lead, the forces of the center appear weak.
Marine Le Pen appeared relaxed alongside her opponents on stage at the Roland Garros tennis stadium in Paris, at an event hosted by the Medef business association. The gathering brings together key candidates for the French presidential election, which is less than eight months away. Le Pen, a right-wing nationalist candidate, has been trying to improve her image among business leaders, advocating for less regulation and lower corporate taxes.
In the past, Medef had criticized her party's, the Rassemblement National, program as harmful to France, but the tone has softened with Le Pen's rising poll numbers.
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