A Harris Interactive poll shows that Emmanuel Macron's victory in the second round against Marine Le Pen is now in error.
French stocks fell by an average of 1.3 %, and the banks Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole suffered losses of 4-6% due to the risk of winning Marine Le Pen in the presidential election. This was reported by Reuters. Marine Le Pen, meanwhile, has a record 48.5 percent support in the likely second round against Macron.
A similar situation was during the 2017 presidential election, when French government loans rose sharply and markets fell because fear of victory of the extreme right or left. Investors, according to Reuters, consider Ms. Le Pen less business-friendly than the current president of France.
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Earlier Emmanuel Macron called for a new a package of sanctions against Russia over oil and gas over the Bucha massacre. He added that there are clear signs of war crimes committed against civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
