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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Ingrid Melander

France's Le Pen strives to build on ratings boost to further detoxify her image

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, poses during an interview with Reuters at her campaign headquarters in Paris, France, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is narrowing the gap with Emmanuel Macron in polls ahead of Sunday's presidential election, went out of her way on Tuesday to stress how "reasonable" she is, focusing on further detoxifying her image.

Le Pen, whom Macron easily beat with two thirds of the votes five years ago, has got so close that who will win in a likely run-off on April 24 is now within the margin of error, an opinion poll showed on Monday.

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