A few reasons why Le Pen could win the French presidential election, and a few more why she’ll still fall short

In March 2017 France was entering the last month of campaigning before the first round of voting in the French presidential election on 23 April 2017, with Marine Le Pen still leading in many opinion polls for the first round, but behind in polling for the second round. Ben Margulies assessed some of the key factors in her favour, and several more reasons why she was ultimately likely to end up disappointed.

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Euro|Topics: Debates, April 2017: Is Le Pen showing her true colours? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/177617/is-le-pen-showing-her-true-colours

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