French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an inquiry into alleged fake parliamentary jobs, legal sources said Friday. In an interview in Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday, 65-year-old Melenchon, who is threatening to quit the euro and massively increase public spending, vowed he would be a safe pair of hands on the eurozone's second-largest economy.
The polls tip Macron to beat National Front leader Le Pen in a runoff between the two leading candidates on May 7.
Jean-Luc Melenchon of the French far left Parti de Gauche and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, attends a political rally in Toulouse, Southwestern France, April 16, 2017.
Le Pen is highly critical of the European Union.
The left-wing candidate Mélenchon is on 20 per cent, while Mr Fillon trails just one point behind on 19 per cent. Therefore, suddenly Le Pen will be deemed a more moderate candidate in some quarters outside of issues related to mass immigration and deporting illegals.
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In a speech in the southern city of Perpignan on Saturday the 48-year-old FN leader returned to her party s core themes of immigration and Islam to shore up her support.
"With Mr Macron, it would be Islamism on the move", Le Pen said. "Marine Le Pen is-how do you say in French?" However, Macron, who still remains the favourite of eventually winning the second round if he faces Le Pen or Melenchon - providing he finishes in the first two in the first round, appears to be yet another globalist clone backed by the politically correct agenda. Voter surveys show that, should he reach the second round, Melenchon could win against Fillon or Le Pen.
In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, Fillon expressed confidence of success, despite being charged with misusing almost one million euros in public money - revelations that scandalised the nation in January.
If elected he would "unite everyone" and "wipe the slate clean", said Fillon, who has accused the left, the judiciary and media of fomenting the expenses scandal to try to derail his presidential bid.
Commemorating the World War I battle of Chemin des Dames in northern France, Hollande credited Europe with "having protected us against war".
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