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   October 6, 202110:35 AM UTCLast Updated ago
   Europe

Zemmour seen breaking Macron-Le Pen duopoly in 2022 French election - poll

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   Far-right French commentator Eric Zemmour attends a meeting for the
   promotion of his new book

   Far-right French commentator Eric Zemmour attends a meeting for the
   promotion of his new book "La France n'a pas dit son dernier mot"
   (France has not yet said its last word) in Nice, France, September 18,
   2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

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   PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The hard-right political talk-show star Eric
   Zemmour has gained more ground and would reach the second round runoff
   vote in France's presidential election next April, a Harris Interactive
   opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

   The poll is the first since Emmanuel Macron won the presidency in 2017
   to upend the long-anticipated scenario of a repeat knockout contest
   between Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

   A divisive figure who has made a career pushing the bounds of political
   correctness on subjects such as immigration and national identity,
   Zemmour has emerged in past months from the pack to become one of the
   most popular candidates. read more

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   The Harris Interactive poll showed Zemmour winning 17% (up 4 points on
   a late September poll) of voter support, beating Le Pen on 15% and any
   one of the three challengers vying for the centre-right ticket.

   Macron would best Zemmour 55%-45% in the second round, the poll showed.
   Macron beat Le Pen 66%-%34 in the run-off in 2017. The Harris
   Interative poll showed Macron against Le Pen at 53%-47%, were she to
   get through this time.

   Zemmour, 63, who holds convictions for inciting hatred, has not
   formally thrown his hat in the ring, but he is behaving every bit the
   challenger choosing his moment to act, describing himself as a
   "candidate in the debate", quitting his prime-time chat-show spot to
   comply with electoral rules and publishing a book "France Has Not Yet
   Said Its Final Word".

   Zemmour paints himself as a political outsider in tune with an
   alienated middle class and in his book draws parallels between himself
   and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

   The poll showed Macron beating all main challengers in the second
   round, including Xavier Bertrand. Bertrand is running against Valerie
   Pecresse, head of the Ile de France region, and former European Union
   Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for the mainstream right ticket.

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   Reporting by Richard Lough; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Benoit Van
   Overstraeten and Alison Williams

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