Months until presidential vote, far-right surge jolts France

Concerns grow as polls for next year’s election show Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen with the backing of nearly a third of French voters.

Paris, France – With about six months to go, the 2022 presidential election is already a major talking point in France.

Much of the French media is not focused on Macron’s chances of becoming the first president to be re-elected since Jacques Chirac in 2002, but rather on the rise of the far-right.

In the latest election poll, published on October 6, two far-right figures make up the bulk of the predicted electorate with 32 percent; 17 percent for Eric Zemmour and 15 percent for Marine Le Pen.