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Macron confident as far-right rival closes in ahead of vote

CAPTION CORRECTS THE SPELLING -Supporters of of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon glue a campaign poster in Hendaye, southwestern France, Thursday, April 7, 2022. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) A woman walks past presidential campaign posters of French far-right presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour, and far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, in Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election takes place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour delivers a speech, during a campaign rally in Paris, Thursday, April 7, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election will take place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen enjoys a coffee as she tours a food market in Narbonne, southern France, Friday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election will take place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen tours a food market in Narbonne, southern France, Friday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election will take place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen shakes hands to a seller as she tours a food market in Narbonne, southern France, Friday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election will take place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra) Torn presidential poster of French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for the reelection is on display in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election takes place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection, center, speaks during the show « 10 minutes pour convaincre » (10 minutes to convince), at French TV station TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election will take place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) FILE - French Far-left presidential candidate for the 2022 election Jean-Luc Melenchon gestures as he speaks during a meeting in Nantes, western France, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Jean-Luc Melenchon used to call Russia a "partner," even as European governments were scrambling to find ways to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine. He now supports the Ukrainian's "resistance" and Russians who are opposing the war and fighting "dictatorship" in their own country. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)
Macron confident as far-right rival closes in ahead of vote