the french presidential election is tightening as the country goes to polls this sunday the top two favorites are the incumbent president emmanuel macro and the far-right challenger marine le pen and in the latest the top two contenders are battling over pension reforms in the country opinion polls have long predicted macron will win a second term but maureen le pen has tightened the gap thanks to a campaign focused on purchasing power on which she doubled down on recently plus she has club attacked the sitting president on his use of private consultants in his presidential classic campaign now the government's use of private consultants it is emerged as a surprise issue in this presidential campaign and macro is facing tough questions on lavishly spending taxpayers money on international firms that pay little to no taxes in the country but the president and his ministers have gravely denied any wrongdoing on the same another major issue here is pension reforms macron faced if resistance after increasing the retirement age from 62 to 64 in december 2019. now le pen wants to keep the 62 year old threshold and bring it down to 60 for those who started working before the age of 20 but macron argues that raising the retirement age was needed to make the system viable and increase low pensions after belatedly entering the election campaign last month the president vowed that he would increase the retirement age cut taxes further losing labor market laws seeking a mandate to press on with pro-business reforms even if macron does win a second mandate polls still expect the issue of pension reform to be a problem considering how widespread the opposition is beyond is now available in your country download the app now get all the news on the move
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