#Express.co.uk Search Express.co.uk Politics RSS Feed Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. logo Discount codes Puzzles Horoscopes In Your Area Shop Paper Login Register * Your Account * Sign Out 5°C Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Find us on Instagram Search ____________________ (BUTTON) * HOME * News * Showbiz & TV * Sport * Comment * Finance * Travel * Entertainment * Life & Style * UK * World * Politics * Royal * Science * Weather * Nature * Weird * Sunday * Home * News * Politics Macron election nightmare: 42 percent of French snub President in latest damning poll EMMANUEL MACRON is facing an ever-tight electoral race next year, with candidates on all sides of the political spectrum extremely close to each other in polls. By Alessandra Scotto di Santolo 12:45, Wed, Sep 29, 2021 | UPDATED: 14:04, Wed, Sep 29, 2021 Comment section Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Copy link Link copied Marine Le Pen 'threatening Macron in elections' says expert Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again ____________________ (BUTTON) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info 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. Related articles * Brexit 'not the main cause' of HGV driver shortage * Von der Leyen's EU superstate dream in tatters over Balkans A new Harris interactive poll published today revealed up to 42 percent of French voters now feel further away from President Macron's policy. The poll saw a tightening of voting intentions in the first round with Macron at 23 percent, Marine Le Pen at 16 percent, Xavier Bertrand at 14 percent, Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Melenchon both at 13 percent. Good news for the far-left candidate Melenchon, gaining support in the recent weeks whilst Marine Le Pen sees her share of the votes slightly going down. Perhaps the National Rally leader is paying the price for Eric Zemmour's rise to power, despite the far-right TV polemicists is yet to declare his candidacy. emmanuel macron french election 2022 poll Emmanuel Macron's election race is getting tighter (Image: GETTY) But Le Pen said she is not threatened by her rival. "I'm not worried. I am convinced the French people will place us against Emmanuel Macron because we defend very different models of society. He stands for unregulated globalisation, I defend the nation, which remains the best structure to defend our identity, security, freedom and prosperity," she said. Bertrand is the candidate that would gain more votes in the centre-right. The poll still predicts that Macron would be re-elected with 54 percent of the vote, the total of Marine Le Pen (46 percent) remaining stable, in the same range since March (between 45 and 47 percent). READ MORE: Brexit fishing war latest: French slam UK for igniting fishing war Trending Two-thirds of Eric Zemmour’s potential voters would rally to Marine Le Pen in the second round, against 7 percent to Emmanuel Macron and 27 percent of blank, null or abstention votes. 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. Le Pen said on France 2 television the referendum would propose strict criteria for entering French territory and for acquiring French nationality, as well as giving French citizens priority access to social housing, jobs and social security benefits. "The referendum will propose a complete draft bill that will aim to drastically regulate immigration," said Le Pen, who will be the candidate of the Rassemblement National party in the vote for president in April. DON'T MISS: Brexit LIVE: Von der Leyen scrabbles to unite bloc amid fishing row [LIVE BLOG] New alliance demands Brussels caves and scraps hated Brexit rules [INSIGHT] France issues outrageous 'retaliation' threat over new fishing licence [VIDEO] french election 2022 marine le pen macron French election 2022: Marine Le Pen is losing ground in polls (Image: GETTY) Referenda are allowed under the French constitution but are rarely used. The last major referendum was in 2005 when French people voted against France ratifying a European Constitution. 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. 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 winner. Related articles * Not even BILLIONS is enough! EU turns screw in hated Swiss deal * ‘I won’t take lectures!’ Lammy confronted with trans rights comments The Harris survey was conducted online from September 24 to 27, 2021. With a sample of 1,379 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, including 1,048 people registered on the electoral rolls. Quota method and adjustment applied to the following variables: sex, age, socio-professional category, region and previous electoral behaviour of the interviewee. 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