A daily Opinionway poll
showed Macron, whose score has almost always been 60 % or higher over the past few months, dipped to 59 percent for the first time since mid-March, Reuters reports.
A poll released by Le Monde / Cevipof poll on Tuesday
showed Macron tied with the far right leader in the first round with 25 percent of the votes.
Projections
showing Macron had won a commanding majority in France's weekend vote saw Paris stocks make a 1.1 % gain as the country's bonds also outperformed in fixed income markets.
Not exact matches
Opinion polls
show independent centrist
Macron is set to beat National Front candidate Le Pen in Sunday's second round of voting, in what is seen to be France's most important election in decades.
A videograb made on December 31, 2017
shows French President Emmanuel
Macron delivering his New Years wishes from the Elysee palace in Paris.
An opinion poll released Thursday
showed that Marine Le Pen, the far - right candidate would win the first round with 24 percent of the votes, followed by
Macron with 21 percent and Fillon in third place with 20 percent.
«Emmanuel
Macron is with the oligarchs, with the Medef, I am with the French workers,» Le Pen said, also accusing
Macron of
showing contempt for the workers by not
showing up.
In an interview with Le Point, he clarified that he only wanted to
show that he agreed with the views of
Macron on Europe, noting with wordplay that he was «not En Marche» and yet still «in movement».
The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political
Show on Earth, Season 3, Episode 3: Mark McKinnon sits down with former White House Social Secretary Lea Berman to discuss President Trump's first State Dinner with French President Emmanuel
Macron and all that goes into the planning of a State Dinner.