Le Pen Likens Macron to Actor Van Damme as Campaign Turns Nasty

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During a weekend visit to French overseas departments in the Indian Ocean, Macron said Le Pen ?was telling lies? when she claimed she?d end illegal immigration.
Marine Le Pen took the French election campaign to new level Sunday, likening her main rival Emmanuel Macron to a Belgian actor best known for his martial-arts exploits and his odd and vacuous sayings.
Le Pen ? and other candidates ? has accused Macron of loosely picking policies from the left and the right, and being hazy about the details and costs of his program.
Photographer: Vincent Sandoval/WireImageWith polls showing Le Pen and Macron far ahead of their rivals in the April 23 first round of voting, and therefore the favorites to qualify for the May 7 run-off, they have increasingly trained their fire on each other.
?If politicians only come to tell people want they want to hear, then they aren?t much use,? he said.