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French far-right candidate Le Pen says second Macron term would spell “social disaster”

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Published: Apr 21, 2022, 12:08 UTC

(Reuters) - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday a second term for President Emmanuel Macron would spell "social disaster", days before she faces him for the second time in a runoff vote.

French presidential election debate

(Reuters) – French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday a second term for President Emmanuel Macron would spell “social disaster”, days before she faces him for the second time in a runoff vote.

“A second term for Emmanuel Macron would be a social disaster,” she told journalists while campaigning in the Somme in northern France. “It will be the first term but worse.”

(Reporting by Sarah Morland, editing by Dominique Vidalon)

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