Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe would finish only third in the first round of the presidential election, behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to a new Cluster 17 poll for Politico published on Monday.
Philippe, whose campaign has struggled to gain momentum, is credited with 16 percent of voting intentions - down three points from the previous edition of the survey in September. Mélenchon, the leader of France Unbowed, would be better placed to join Marine Le Pen in the run-off, polling at between 18.5 percent and 19.5 percent depending on the scenario tested.
