PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron’s political group is leading his nearest rival by three points ahead of European elections later this month, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday.
Macron’s Republic on the Move and the centre-right MoDem combined have 24% of voting intentions, followed by rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party with 21% support, according to the poll by Harris Interactive and Epoka for TF1, LCI, RTL and Le Figaro.
Harris and Epoka surveyed 1,066 adults on May 2 and May 3. The margin of error was between 1.4 and 3.1 points.