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Factbox-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer

Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, waves to supporters as she leaves after a visit in Berck-sur-Mer on the last day of campaigning, ahead of the second round of the presidential election, France, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has made it to the second round of the presidential election and though she lags behind President Emmanuel Macron, polls show a much tighter race than in 2017 when he beat her convincingly.

Le Pen has shifted her campaign focus to purchasing power, the top priority for French voters, while working on softening her image. But the core of her party's anti-immigration, far-right policies remains unchanged.

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