Marine Le Pen could win the presidential election in France
Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, remains the front-runner in the French presidential election scheduled for 2027. This is according to the results of a new Toluna Harris Interactive poll.
According to the survey, Le Pen could win 35% of the vote in the first round of the election if Gabriel Attal, leader of the “Renaissance” party, and Édouard Philippe, head of the center-right Horizons party, run in the race. In that case, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the “Unbowed France” party, is projected to come in second with 16% support.
If Attal were to withdraw in favor of Philippe, the latter could receive about 20% of the vote and advance to the second round. In this scenario, however, Le Pen would still lead with 34% support.
In the second round, according to the poll, Marine Le Pen leads Édouard Philippe by a narrow margin—51% to 49%. Pollsters note that the gap between the candidates is narrowing: in a previous similar survey, it stood at 52% to 48%.
The poll was conducted online on July 7–8 among 1,837 French citizens registered to vote.
Source: results of the Toluna Harris Interactive poll for RTL.
As a reminder, Marine Le Pen’s announcement of her intention to run in the 2027 French presidential election has caused concern among European politicians. Officials in Brussels fear that her potential presidency could seriously complicate the process of reaching joint decisions within the European Union.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right party, has officially announced that she will run in the presidential election. At the same time, she continues to appeal a court ruling in a case involving the misuse of European Union funds.
