The political confrontation between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election in France is far from being a done deal. Many political figures on the Left and the Right, such as the socialist, Anne Hidalgo, the communist, Fabien Roussel, the candidate of the Republicans, Valérie Pécresse, and the environmentalist, Yannick Jadot, on the side of the French ecologists, have called to vote for the outgoing President.
Yet, the right-wing candidate, Éric Zemmour, despite his disagreements with Marine Le Pen, called for a vote for her. However, let us not forget that according to the calculation of the votes in the first round (in this election, it was on April 10), French voters seem to generally lean towards the anti-establishment sentiments — represented by political leaders such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen. A number of commentators and journalists believe that a large proportion of French voters will end up voting for Mr. Macron in the second round (on April 24), for the same reason as in the French presidential elections of 2017 — because for them the victory of the far right is unbearable. But one also needs to take into consideration all those who will abstain, vote blank, or vote for Ms. Le Pen.
