(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
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In less than six months the first round of France's Presidential Election will be held on April 18th with the second-round set for May 2nd if no candidate gains a majority.
The leading candidate in polling right now is Marine Le Pen of the National Rally (RN).
Her likely opponent in the second-round would be a centrist candidate in the mold of current President Emmanuel Macron either Edouard Philippe or Gabriel Attal former Prime Ministers for Mr. Macron.
Leftist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon likely to fall short finishing in third place in a first round if recent polling is accurate.
Marine Le Pen envisions a constitutional referendum to impose a stricter immigration regime on France.
Her proposal is enshrined in the National Rally's platform and has been described as a political and legal revolution.
Such a referendum described as defying the rule of law and fundamental values of the Fifth Republic Constitution of 1958...
Meanwhile Leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon of "La France Insoumise" (France Unbowed) trying to move beyond a strictly Marxist image to gain the image of an ecologist.
Climatic events like the extreme heat and wildfires in France this summer stimulating ecological themes with the Ecologist faction being a key left-wing component of the French electorate.
Melenchon participating in round table discussions that give him the opportunity to polish ecological arguments he has shunned in the past...
(More will be posted)
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