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French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election

FILE- French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour waves to supporters during a campaign rally on the Trocadero square, in front of the Eiffel Tower, Sunday, March 27, 2022 in Paris. Eric Zemmour, 63, a novice politician running under the banner of his newly created party Reconquest!, portrays himself as the new protector of old France with bold proposals on immigration and Islam _ like a Remigration Ministry equipped with airplanes to expedite expulsions of what he says are undesirable migrants. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) FILE- French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaks during a meeting with French mayors, in Montrouge, south of Paris, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24. She is honing in on the pocketbook issues that voters care about most. But the woman who has been known for her fierce anti-immigration stance is also facing a challenge from TV pundit Eric Zemmour, a more provocative candidate who styles himself after Donald Trump and embraces racist conspiracies. Their rivalry illustrates France’s tilt toward the hard right. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) FILE- French nationalist Marine Le Pen speaks during the show "France in the Face of War", in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Monday, March 14, 2022. French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24. She is honing in on the pocketbook issues that voters care about most. But the woman who has been known for her fierce anti-immigration stance is also facing a challenge from TV pundit Eric Zemmour, a more provocative candidate who styles himself after Donald Trump and embraces racist conspiracies. Their rivalry illustrates France’s tilt toward the hard right. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP, File) FILE- French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Toulon, southern France, Sunday, March 6, 2022. Eric Zemmour, 63, a novice politician running under the banner of his newly created party Reconquest!, portrays himself as the new protector of old France with bold proposals on immigration and Islam _ like a Remigration Ministry equipped with airplanes to expedite expulsions of what he says are undesirable migrants. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE- French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour arrives on stage during a campaign rally in Toulon, southern France, Sunday, March 6, 2022. Eric Zemmour, 63, a novice politician running under the banner of his newly created party Reconquest!, portrays himself as the new protector of old France with bold proposals on immigration and Islam _ like a Remigration Ministry equipped with airplanes to expedite expulsions of what he says are undesirable migrants. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE- Marine Le Pen walks on stage, at a National Rally event in Frejus, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24. She is honing in on the pocketbook issues that voters care about most. But the woman who has been known for her fierce anti-immigration stance is also facing a challenge from TV pundit Eric Zemmour, a more provocative candidate who styles himself after Donald Trump and embraces racist conspiracies. Their rivalry illustrates France’s tilt toward the hard right. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election