Marine Le Pen camp lays into ‘oligarch stooge’ Macron
National Front attacks the French presidential favourite ahead of May 7 election runoff
Paris — The far-right National Front attacked presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron as a "candidate of oligarchs" who parties with celebrities as it sought to portray Marine Le Pen as more in touch with the French people. The morning after the election-night parties, the National Front was eager to underscore the differences between long-time opposition politician Le Pen and political newcomer Macron, a former investment banker and economy minister. Macron had 23.8% in the first round and Le Pen had 21.5%, according to results from the Interior Ministry, with 97.4% of votes counted. "We are in almost perfect opposition on all points," Florian Philippot, the National Front’s vice-president, told France 2 television on Monday. With both establishment parties knocked out of the race after Sunday’s first round, anti-euro Le Pen and independent Macron have two weeks to secure a majority in the May 7 runoff. The next round will present their starkly different visions, with Macron repre...
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