Fillon trails in third in new poll
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CONSERVATIVE presidential candidate Francois Fillon would not even make the second round of this spring’s election in France, an opinion poll showed yesterday, cranking up the pressure on him as a scandal over his wife’s work engulfed his campaign.
The poll by Elabe pointed to rising support for far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, but it showed centrist Emmanuel Macron most likely to win the presidency — snatching the position of favorite that Fillon held until last week.
The poll by Elabe for Les Echos newspaper was conducted on January 30 and 31, a few days after a newspaper report that said Fillon’s wife was paid taxpayers’ money for fake work. Fillon has said the work was genuine, but an inquiry has been opened and the couple have been interviewed by police.
Fillon, chosen in November by a party primary, has said he will stand down if he is put under formal investigation.
The Elabe poll offered two first-round voting scenarios; one in which another centrist, Francois Bayrou, stands for election, and another in which he does not.
Voting intentions for Macron were unchanged or up 1 point to 22-23 percent, depending on the scenario. Le Pen’s first round score was up by 3 points to 26-27 percent.
Fillon’s score fell by between 5 and 6 points to 19-20 percent.
Both the scenarios would eliminate Fillon from the May 7 second round, a contest between the two top scorers in the April 23 first round.
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