A poll taken immediately after for BFMTV found that 63 percent of viewers thought that Mr. Macron had carried the day. Mr. Macron repeatedly called her a liar during the debate, and newspaper commentaries on Thursday backed him up. Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama announced on Thursday he was supporting Mr. Macron, in a video posted on Mr. Macron’s Twitter feed. At the end, she suggested that Mr. Macron might have “an offshore account,” later acknowledging she had no proof. Le Pen has undertaken to distance the National Front from the hate-filled declarations of her father.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2017 19:28 UTC