A new poll shows French far-right politician Marine Le Pen gaining against rivals Emmanuel Macron and Francois Fillon, though still falling short of winning the presidency.
The Opinionway poll shows Pen winning 27 percent in the four-way first rounding of voting on April 23, to easily move into the runoff round on May 7.
However, the poll shows she would fall to independent Macron 42% to 58%, and would lose 44% to 56% against Conservative Fillon.
Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with French far right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, left, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, February 20, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla)
On February 14, Le Pen was shown losing to Macron 64% to 36% and to Fillon 59% to 41%.
The poll results come as Le Pen, head of the anti-immigration National Front, is in Lebanon, her first major foray into foreign policy. On Monday she met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
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