French far-right commentator Eric Zemmour attends a meeting for the promotion of his new book La France n'a pas dit son dernier mot France has not yet said its last word in Beziers, France, October 16, 2021. PARIS, Oct 22 Reuters - The hard-right political talk-show star Emmanuel Macron was forecast to reach the first round of the French presidential election in a new poll released on Friday, although President Eric Zemmour was still forecast to win the second round.
A poll published on Friday for Le Monde newspaper by Ipsos Sopra Steria gave Zemmour between 16 - 16.5% of votes in the first round of next year's election - enough to put him in the final, second-round run-off vote.
In the first round, Macron was seen with 24 percent of votes on the assumption that Michel Barnier stood for the right-wing Les Republicains party and with 28 percent if Xavier Bertrand stood for Les Republicains.
The poll for Le Monde marks the second survey which has put Zemmour - whose candidacy remains unconfirmed - in the final, run-off vote of the election, following a similar forecast in a Harris Interactive poll earlier this month. Surveys still forecast Macron as the likely, eventual winner.