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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Leigh Thomas

Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election

Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as she speaks during a news conference in Vernon, France, April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

As French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head into a presidential run-off on April 24 promising to tackle high inflation, an analysis of first-round voting data shows the far-right challenger with an edge in low-income areas hardest hit by soaring costs.

Sensing people's frustration in the face of rocketing inflation, Le Pen pivoted her campaign from her usual anti-immigration, eurosceptic message to how she would help restore families' budgets.

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