PARIS — Emmanuel Macron, who’s leading nationalist challenger Marine Le Pen in the two latest polls ahead of France’s presidential election, visited the Notre-Dame cathedral in a nod to Roman Catholic voters.
An Ipsos-Sopra Steria for France Info and Le Parisien suggested Macron would take 56% of the votes in the April 24 runoff, compared with 44% for Le Pen. An Opinionway-Kea Partners poll for Les Echos and Radio Classique, also published Friday, put the margin at 54% to 46%. Macron’s advantage was beyond the margin of error in both surveys.
Macron went to Notre-Dame on the third anniversary of a fire that damaged the 850-year-old Paris landmark to survey the repairs, rather than as part of his reelection campaign, according to his team.
