国际英语资讯:Frances Macron party stretches lead in European elections, but challenges remain_时事

国际英语资讯:Frances Macron party stretches lead in European elections, but challenges remain

Seeking to give a boost to the Renaissance list, the 41-year-old head of state throws himself into the campaign by appearing in a poster with a smiling face and a look at the horizon.

In the non-official LREM candidates poster, it was written "On the march for Europe, May 26, I vote Renaissance."

"Macron is the only glue that holds his En Marche movement together, and the further his political fortunes sink as the time for his re-election approaches, the greater the danger that things come unstuck," analysts wrote at the Eurointelligence blog.

"Macron's European troubles have already begun, and might get even worse," they added.

Even the street protests against his policy have lessened, a continued social malaise and wane public support cast doubt into Macron's ability to carry out the reforms he has announced to renew the European Union in particular that of a joint eurozone budget and further integration of the bloc on migration, defense and trade, believed the analysts.

According to Elabe, national issues still dominate European ones, with 36 percent of potential voters said to make their choice based on the internal affairs, knowing that 26 percent of them said did not back the government's policy.

In a further sign that more challenges are still ahead, Nathalie Loiseau, a career diplomat and expert in EU affairs, on whom the head of state rely to appease more centrist voters, saw her campaign clouded with a series of missteps.