Fillon Steps Up Attacks on Macron With Eye on French 2nd Round

by Dramelin 5:00 AM 0 comments

Macron and Le Pen are likely to get to 2nd round, polls showFrench presidential candidate Francois Fillon stepped up attacks against rival Emmanuel Macron as the battle to get into the second round of the ballot heated up.
Macron would beat Le Pen in the second round with 60 percent of the vote, the poll shows Macron is likely to defeat Le Pen by a large margin in the decisive vote on May 7, most surveys show.
The Republican candidate has been charged with employing his wife and children in allegedly fake taxpayer-paid jobs and has been entangled in other scandals.
With three weeks to go before the first round of the election on April 23, polls show that Macron and anti-immigration, anti-euro National Front candidate Marine Le Pen will face off in the second round.