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The first phase of voting for the French presidential election will begin on April 10. This time the challenge before President Emmanuel Macron is from the right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen. This time the election is being considered a close contest. According to the survey conducted this week, now there is a difference of only 3% between Macron and Le Pen.
According to French political pundits, no candidate is likely to get more than 50% of the vote in the first round. Therefore, the decision will be taken only in the second round of voting. In this phase, on April 24, there will be a contest between the two candidates who topped in the first phase. Meanwhile, the headscarves issue has also sprung up in the elections.
Le Pen has promised that if she comes into the government, she will find Muslims who wear headscarves. Pro-India Le Pen said that just as it has been made mandatory to wear seatbelts in vehicles, similarly this decision will also be implemented that Muslims should not wear headscarves in public places.
Marine Lee has been critical of Macron for his soft stance on ‘Islamic bigotry’. If she wins, she will become the first woman president of the country. Macron is also pro-India. Marine Pain’s policies may be more pro-India. After supporting France in the Charlie Hebdo case, Marine Penn openly praised India and its people. After the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Le Pen also demanded a ban on the entry of Pakistanis into France.
La République en March Party leader Macron’s election agenda is centered around economic and social issues. In the past, many Islamic countries were angered by the rhetoric against Islam. He has also defended the Prophet’s decision to show controversial cartoons.
National Rally leader Marine is a French lawyer and leader who has headed the National Rally since 2011. She is a member of the National Assembly since 2017. Marine was included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011 and 2015.
There are 12 people in the electoral fray in France. Three of them are women. Besides Macron and Le Pen, socialist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is also in the running. Apart from these, Eric Gemour, Natalie Erthod, Nicolas Dupont-Aignon, Ann Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Jean Lassle, Valerie Pecress, Philippe Potu, Fabian Russell and Eric Gemour, Jol Saget, Eric Pfefferberg.
