France: head-to-head Macron-Mélenchon ahead of elections

(ANSAmed) - PARIS, 23 MAG - Polls carried our ahead of French legislative elections on June 12 and 19 have indicated a head-to-head race between the majority alliance of President Emmanuel Macron and the left led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Three weeks from the vote, a survey carried out by the Ipsos Institute-Sopra Steria for the newspaper Le Monde, the Fondation Jean Jaurès and Cevipof, showed that the result of presidential elections held in April is expected to strongly influence the vote for the renewal of the National Assembly.
    With a turnout expected to be around 47%, the poll showed that Macron's presidential majority obtained 28% of voting intentions, closely followed by the left-wing alliance led by Mélenchon (27%) and by the far-right (27% for the Rassemblement National of Marine Le Pen and 6% for Reconquete of Eric Zemmour). Macron's field, the newspaper added, would however "remain in a position of strength". (ANSAmed).