Presidential: Macron gives ground, Le Pen and Mélenchon gain

Europe 1 with AFP 5:49 p.m., April 07, 2022

Emmanuel Macron gave up two points in one week against Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who each won two to consolidate respectively in second and third place, according to the OpinionWay-Kéa Partners barometer for Les Échos and Radio Classique. released Thursday.

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The outgoing president is down to 26% of voting intentions, against 28% a week ago, while the candidate of the National Rally rises to 22% against 20%.

The rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon also climbs to stand at 17% against 15%.

In the second round, the gap is also narrowing: Emmanuel Macron would win against Marine Le Pen by 53-47% against 55-45% a week ago.

All the other candidates are below the 10% mark: LR candidate Valérie Pécresse and far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour both lose one point to 9%.

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Ecologist Yannick Jadot remains stable at 5%, as does communist Fabien Roussel and iconoclast Jean Lassalle, both unchanged at 3%.

Socialist Anne Hidalgo remains at 2%, tied with Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.

Nathalie Arthaud and Philippe Poutou bring up the rear, both credited with 1% of the vote.

According to the barometer, interest in the presidential election continues to rise (+3 points) over a week to 70%.

Voting intentions do not constitute a forecast of the outcome of the ballot.

They give an indication of the balance of power and dynamics on the day of the survey. 

*Survey carried out from April 4 to 7 by self-administered online questionnaire with a sample of 2,043 people registered on the electoral lists, from a sample of 2,154 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, according to the quota method.

Margin of error between 1 and 2.2 points.