France's far-rightists consolidate lead over Macron's party in European elections poll

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-24 21:37:32|Editor: xuxin
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PARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Two days before voting in the European parliament elections, far-right National Rally party remained at the top of the voting intentions in France, an Ipsos poll released on Friday showed.

The survey for France Televisions and Radio France, carried out on May 22-23, saw Marine Le Pen anti-Europe list boosting its position as favorite to win the race with 24.3 percent of the votes, up from 22 percent a month ago.

The ruling party's share of the vote is at 23 percent, unchanged from April survey.

The conservative "Les Republicains" party is seen at the third rank with 13 percent of the votes. It is followed by the ecologists whose score remained stable at 9 percent.

With turnout expected to be a key to how well rival parties do, the survey also showed that 43 percent to 47 percent of those polled expected to vote on May 26. In 2014, the turnout was 42.4 percent.

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