Le Pen shrugs off defections in battle for French far-right

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PARIS - Veteran French far-right politician Marine Le Pen shrugged off another defection from her party to rival Eric Zemmour on Sunday amid an increasingly bitter battle ahead of presidential elect

ions in April.

"I don't pay much attention to all these little manoeuvres between politicians because all of my energies are directed towards the issues of French people," Ms Le Pen told France 3 television on Sunday. The top two candidates in the first round go through to a run-off, where Mr Macron was seen winning against Ms Le Pen by 57-43 per cent and against Ms Pecresse by a narrower 54-46 per cent, the poll showed.'Kebab shop'

"Since the start of the campaign, they have criticised my decision to make purchasing power my priority," she said, contrasting it with Mr Zemmour's relentless campaigning on immigration and Islam.

 

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