01.04.2017 - 10:06 [ Reuters ]

French election race tightening three weeks from vote, poll shows

First round voting intentions for the frontrunners, centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, both slipped by one percentage point to 25 and 24 percent respectively, while third placed conservative Francois Fillon gained two points to 19 percent, and the far left‘s Jean-Luc Melenchon one point to 15 percent, the BVA poll said