French far-right candidate Le Pen says second Macron term would spell "social disaster"

Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate in the 2022 French presidential election, poses for a selfie at the end of a campaign rally in Arras, France, April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday a second term for President Emmanuel Macron would spell "social disaster", days before she faces him for the second time in a runoff vote.

"A second term for Emmanuel Macron would be a social disaster," she told journalists while campaigning in the Somme in northern France. "It will be the first term but worse."

A picture of a tv screen shows the French presidential election debate between French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, and French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate Marine Le Pen, in Paris, France, April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

(Reporting by Sarah Morland, editing by Dominique Vidalon)