Macron and Le Pen in final election campaign after fierce debate

President Emmanuel Macron and the rival of the far-right Marine Le Pen were prepared Thursday for a recent campaign ahead of France's presidential elections, following a fierce debate over relations with Russia and the Islamic cover.

France faces severe elections in Sunday's second round run-off between the centrist Macroni and Le Penny against immigration, which would seek to become the country's first head of the far-right state in a result that would send shocking waves across Europe.

Only two days of campaigning remain, as Saturday is election silence, reports the REL.

On Thursday, Macro would meet with voters in northern Paris and Le Pen to hold a rally in the northern town of Arras.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine clouding the campaign, Macron angrily cited a loan Le Pen's party had taken from a Czech-Russian bank ahead of its 2017 election campaign.

You are dependent on the Russian government and dependent on Mr. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin”, Macro said. When you talk to Russia, you're talking to your banker. ”

Macro also referred to the past recognition by Le Pen of Russia's annexation in 2014 of the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula. And why did you do that?

Le Pen replied that she was a absolute free woman “, arguing that her party had received only that loan because it could not find funding in France where banks refused to lend.

Macron adopted a series of posts to express scepticism to her arguments, raising his eyebrows, supporting his beard in his fists and shouting with visible surprise “Zone Le Pen... Lady Le Pen!”

Civil war.

The most explosive clash came when Le Pen confirmed that it was adhering to its controversial policy of restraining the wearing of the Islamic headscarves from women to public, describing it as a <x0-munal form imposed by Islamists”.

Macro replied: “You will cause civil war if you do. I say that honestly. ”

She also pledged that she would end the emigrating “anarch and massive” in France, claiming she was worsening the crime that was according to her becoming the impatient “” for people across the country.

Le Pen's priority was to avoid a repeat of the 2017 runoff debate, where Macro managed to make him look shocked and not to the element.

She tried to heat the president up, mocking how the financial subx0>” had left a bad “legacy” that included an additional 600 billion euros ($650 billion) of national debt.

Returning to Europe, Le Pen insisted that she wanted to stay in the European Union, but to reform the bloc into a “aleity of nations”.

Your policy is to leave Europe”, Macron replied, describing the elections as a “referenum pro or cons The EU”.

Macron is the favourite to win the run-off, with most polls showing an advantage of over 10 per cent, which would make him the first French president to win a second term since Jacques Chirac in 2002.

But analysts and the president's allies have warned that the result is far from a imagined outcome, with polls showing that over 10 per cent of French voters aiming to cast their vote have not yet decided on whom to vote.

Supporters of both camps celebrated the performance of their candidates, with Macro pointing to his self-confidence and Le Pen avoiding the pitfalls of 2017.