Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right Front National, would beat all her rivals in the first round of a presidential election, according to a shock poll, reports The Telegraph.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Miss Le Pen – who made historic gains in recent local elections – would come streets ahead of François Hollande, France's embattled president, if an election were held next Sunday, the IFOP poll found.
The survey found that she would take 30 per cent of the vote to his 16 per cent.
But she would also take a comfortable lead over centre right figures, including former prime ministers Alain Juppé or François Fillon.
She would even beat Nicolas Sarkozy, the ex-president, taking 28 per cent to his 25 per cent, according to the poll.
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