WE NEED A PRESIDENCY THAT ACTS AND PROTECTS US.

them from the May 7 run-off.

The survey appeared to put paid to Donald Trump’s claim that the shooting would “probably help” Le Pen.

Trump said he believed the attack would be a boost for the far-right leader because she’s the candidate who is “strongest on borders, and she’s the strongest on what’s been going on in France.”

Despite critics’ claims that Macron, 39, a former economy minister, is too soft to run France in a time of terror, an Odoxa poll still saw him winning the first round with 24.5 per cent. Le Pen was up one point, but still in second place with 23 per cent after leading the pack earlier in the race.

Le Pen has struggled to get the campaign to focus on her party’s pet issues of security, Islam and immigration. By contrast, she has been thrown on the defensive over her position to pull out of the eurozone.

After the attack, she called on the “notoriously feeble” socialist, President Francois Hollande, to instantly reinstate border checks and expel foreigners who are on the watch lists of intelligence services. She said: “We cannot afford to lose this war. But for the