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Can Emmanuel Macron win back left-wing voters?

Polling seen by the New Statesman has Macron with an eight-point lead going in to the second round.

By Ido Vock

Under a week before Emmanuel Macron faces Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential elections, we have a special episode looking at the latest polling and what the candidates will be trying to achieve in the final days of their campaigns.

Europe correspondent Ido Vock is joined by Paul Hilder, the founder of Datapraxis, – a strategy company which has been polling the French election – to discuss whether Macron is doing enough to win over left-wing voters, widely viewed as the kingmakers in the second round.

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Further reading:

Macron courts left-wing voters in Marseille to see off Le Pen
Exclusive polling: Macron strengthens his position after the first round of the French election
Five takeaways from the first round of the French presidential election

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