Le Pen’s far right stands a few inches higher

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(Bloomberg) — Marine Le PenJust nine days away from the first round of early parliamentary elections in France, the far-right National Rally has slightly increased its lead, according to Bloomberg polls.

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The party stands at 33.9% in Bloomberg’s composite. A left-wing alliance called the New Popular Front is in second place with 27.4%. The coalition, which unites socialists, communists, greens and the far-left France Unbowed, will set out its spending plans on Friday.

Emmanuel MacronThe US Renaissance Party and its allies have narrowed their gap slightly to 20.6%, although they still lag behind in third place.

Macron dissolved the National Assembly earlier this month and called a snap legislative vote after his group was defeated in European Parliament elections. A separate poll by Ifop-Fiducial for Sud Radio on Friday showed that 38% of participants want the National Rally to win.

This story was produced with the help of Bloomberg Automation.

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