Poll results

Marine Le Pen still ahead in poll for first round of French presidential election with Fillon and Macron neck-and-neck 

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Far-Right National Front, is still ahead in the polls as France heads towards the first round of presidential elections in the spring.

A poll by Kantar Sofres put her on 25 percent, ahead of Francois Fillon, a conservative former prime minister, who is now neck-and-neck with Emmanuel Macron, a maverick independent, who is polling better than expected.

Fillon is on 22 percent and Macron is on 21 percent.