thomas fessey, bbc news, amiens.idate marine le pen is holding a rally. there has been a lot of attention on that rally because the attack block the police uncovered a few days ago. how does that affect her support base here? of course in a sense it plays into her speech, her discourse. she said from the start that terrorism is one of the grave threat is that france faces. and it is clear that when there is a terrorist threat and it looks like it was a serious threat, that was thwarted by police, that innocent days into the message she's trying to get across about tougher immigration and so on. she got herself into a bit of a pickle in the last couple of days because she said had she been in power there would not be any of these attacks. the toulouse killer would not have existed in her watch. and people are saying you may be tough on terrorism but practically speaking, there's no way even you will have 1% rise on the kind of attacks we've seen in france. marseille was one of the best places in the 1980s to come out

thomas fessey, bbc news, amiens.ate marine le pen is holding a rally. marine le pen is still on herfeet. is there a sense of worry, perhaps, with the polls that perhaps she might not get to the second round? that seems to be a shoo—in a few weeks ago. on the face of it there is no worry, nobody is saying we are rattled by these polls, it is all outwardly very confident, she is in her heartland and everyone is cheering likely on, stamping their feet and booing the bogeyman like france was the —— francois still on and manuel macron. but believed that seemed so in a saleable for so many months does not look so unassailable with just four days to go. she has been coming down from a high of 2830% down to 22123, and we're seeing her opponents coming up. we have four frontrunners in a handkerchief, as they say. it will bea handkerchief, as they say. it will be a very tight race. she cannot rely on anything. there is a sense that her campaign has not been brilliant and she needs to pull something out of the bag in order to a

our correspondent thomas fessy reports from the northern city of amiens.g—pong, but nothing moves. wa rs play ping—pong, but nothing moves. wars have been passed, but not implemented. people are fed up. none of the candidates talk about relocation, he says, except for perhaps marine le pen. like these people, many people here look at the extremes. employment is high in this town, above 10% in the national average. but the picture is not all grim. this man and his colleagues have opened a co— working space where technology is available to those who want to use digital tools, whether it is for an experiment or to create a business. they said the ballot box will not give an answer to every problem. this election cannot really change the way we work, live. you have to change it to suit yourself. four days to go before the vote, and only 2000 voters say they are sure of their choice. last—minute decisions made proof the current polls wrong. traditional parties worry they might suffer from a potentially record low turnout. this woman has always voted republican,

he was born in amien — and that's a crucial area. here are some voters there.the people that maybe it is time for change the french system. the people that maybe it is time for change the french systemlj the people that maybe it is time for change the french system. i don't wa nt change the french system. i don't want to vote for fillon but i might have to. even in the first round? yes, in order for the have to. even in the first round? yes, in orderforthe pen have to. even in the first round? yes, in order for the pen not to be able to win. translation: i tend towards the left. i will not give the game dann name because i have not made a definite choice, but it will be on the left. translation: i will be on the left. translation: i will say it openly, it is a manual macron because he is young, dynamic and has new ideas. —— it is emmanuel macron. it gives a pitiful image of france between feeds, president saddam stand the real action because they know they have achieved nothing and former ministers trying their luck. it is quite pathetic. yes, i have made my ch

he and marine le pen turned up at the same place — mr macron‘s hometown of amiens.hreatened with closure. its production may shift to poland. and its workers are on strike. its situation plays into a number of big themes in this french election. and this is what happened. while emmanuel macron was meeting union leaders a few kilometres away, marine le pen arrived unannounced at picket line. she got a good reception. one woman burst into tears. less so mr macron. he was heckled and booed striking workers. —— he was heckled and booed by the striking workers while he tried to address them. a neat publicity coup by le pen but she'll need more than that to be president. all the opinion polls predict a heavy defeat. that doesn't mean they're right, mind you. but they were in the first round. that is also worthy of note. the bbc news website is based in our newsroom in london, and here is marine le pen's efforts to shift public to see her. joining the election the years it has been described as a fascist party, a racist party and that is part of the dna of it, certainly fa

the factory is situated in amiens. we were there last week, if you were watching.nti—globalisation message is going down pretty well in the town. we'rejoined by agnes poirier of the french weekly magazine marianne. do you think it is possible for marine le pen, by turning up at factories like this, saying she is the candidate of the factory worker, not the corporation, to try to eat into macron's support? she has nothing to lose. what we have seen since sunday evening and macron arriving, 32 points ahead of marine le pen, he finds it difficult to think he is not already president, and that is quite dangerous. he should work. he went to celebrate his victory on the first round at a paris brasserie with his supporters and people didn't like it so much. jacques chirac went through to the second round and he didn't rejoice, and the element of gravity as is probably still something that the macron team is not grasping. francois hollande, the current president, today reminded macron that it president, today reminded macron thatitis president, today reminded macron that i

the northern french town of amiens is where one of the candidates, emmanuel macron was born.rliament constituency which marine le pen currently represents and where her support is the strongest. our correspondent, thomas fessy is there. really interesting place to test what the electorate is thinking ahead of sunday's vote with around a quarter of the electorate said to be undecided. exactly. we are here in the french rust belt, in a region where dozens of factories have shut down in the last ten or 15 years. most of the working class vote has switched from the left and the far left to the right and the far right over the last few years. obviously marine le pen will be tapping into that for the vote on sunday. a very unpredictable election, so many people remain undecided, and four candidates could still make it to the second round in two weeks' time. but we can turn to the largest sphere, lou sea, who is 17, just missing out. —— lucie. you are not going to be able to vote, but you are supporting the socialist candidate then why on. his campaign never really picked up. he is

a run—off will be held weeks later. 0ur correspondent tomas fessy is in amiens in northern france. a region where dozens of factories have closed in the last ten or 15 years, and where industrial jobs have ten or 15 years, and where industrialjobs have gone away to eastern europe or china. deep in the north and north—east of this region, well, the working class has switched to the right or the far right. what was a bastion of the left. in fact, the national front has cooked up the disappointed very that once went to the socialist and communist. i'm in the city where the independence centrist emmanuel macron, now leading the polls, comes from. he grew up here and has launched his movement. at 39 years old he could become the youngest french president ever elected. any of them could make it to the run. let's turn to a young voter here, a 26—year—old studying psychology. he is supporting the candidate of the far left who has surged in the polls and is now fourth, just neck and neck with francois fillon, the candidate of the republicans. what makes you want to vote for whom? mostly the