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00:00 Marine Le Pen is not on the ballot, but she was warmly welcomed at the national rally's
00:04 final gathering before French voters head to the polls on Sunday.
00:09 She lent her support to her protégé and the party's candidate in the elections,
00:13 Jordan Bardella, even though polls suggest he doesn't need it.
00:18 "I ask you to never apologise for being proud to be French.
00:26 Our momentum has never been stronger. On June 9th, we can and must inflict the heaviest
00:31 electoral defeat on Emmanuel Macron."
00:36 Polls show 33% of French voters intending to vote for Bardella and the national rally,
00:42 on promises to limit free movement of migrants within the EU and dial back EU climate rules,
00:48 among others.
00:49 As voters look set to take out their frustrations with Emmanuel Macron's management of the country
00:53 at the ballot box, his Renaissance party is trailing with 16% in the polls.
00:59 Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has been joining candidate Valérie Ayé at recent rallies
01:04 in a bid to revive their campaign.
01:08 The centre-left Socialists are third, with 14.5% of voting intentions, as some left-wing
01:13 voters move away from Macron or the staunch pro-Palestinian stance of the far-left France
01:18 Unbowed Party towards candidate Raphael Glucksmann as he champions European protectionism and
01:25 the environmental transition.
01:28 "Europe's environmental revolution won't mean less power, but more power. Not less freedom,
01:34 but more freedom. Not fewer factories, but more factories."
01:38 With less than a week to go, the right-wing opposition, the Republicans, the extreme right
01:45 Reconquest and the Greens are languishing in the polls.
01:49 And will have to fight to make the 5% threshold needed for representation in the European
01:54 Parliament.