The Ipsos-Sopra Steria barometer for the Franceinfo chain and the newspaper Le Parisien gives the current head of state 28.5 percent of the voting intentions for the April 10 elections, support that would comfortably guarantee him a position in the second round, scheduled for two weeks later.
Macron lost half a point in the investigation, but his lead remains wide over Le Pen, second with 18.5 percent, after losing a unit in the race for the Elysee Palace, which brings together 12 candidates and has a potential of almost 49 million voters.
For its part, the summary of polls from the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) reflects the president with 28 percent support, also 0.5 points below.
In the case of the leader of the extreme right, the pollster places her at 20.5 percent, half a point ahead of the previous study.
Macron beat Le Pen very easily five years ago in the ballot, after obtaining 66 percent of the vote, but the battle is expected to be closer this April, although the leading figure of La República en Marcha continues as a favorite against that of National reunion.
It cannot yet be said that in France it is a battle between two candidates, since the leader of La France Insumisa, Jean-Luc Melenchon, maintains an upward trend in the polls, and works to convince voters who are undecided or reluctant to vote. , before a projection of abstentionism of a quarter of the census.
According to Ipsos-Sopra Steria, Melenchon has 14.5 percent of the voting intentions, while the IFOP gives him 14.
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