法國總統候選人辯論火爆

French presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron faced off in a scathing two hours of televised debate Wednesday, just days before they face each other in a runoff election.

Le Pen portrayed her opponent as a heartless capitalist who is weak on terrorism, while Macron called his opponent a liar and a dangerous extremist.

Le Pen in her opening statement called the former economy minister Macron "the candidate of savage globalization." Macron called Le Pen, who once was forced to kick her extreme-right father out of their National Front political party, the heir to France's far-right faction.

The country's high unemployment rate was on the agenda. Macron called for simplified government regulations and small and medium-sized businesses, while Le Pen promised to tax the products of companies that outsource jobs.

An opinion polling average shows Macron with a 60 percent to 40 percent lead over Le Pen, though that lead has shrunk by about three percentage points since the first round of voting on April 23.法國總統大選候選人瑪麗娜·勒龐和伊曼紐爾·馬克龍，星期三在歷時兩個小時的電視直播辯論中激烈交鋒。幾天後他們將在總統決選中一爭高下。

勒龐把對手描繪成一個殘酷無情的資本家，對恐怖主義軟弱無力，馬克龍則把對手稱爲騙子和危險的極端主義者。

勒龐在開場白中，稱前經濟部長馬克龍是“殘暴的全球化的候選人”。馬克龍則稱曾經被迫把自己極右翼的父親趕出自己所在的國民陣線黨的勒龐，是法國極右派的傳人。

法國的高失業率也是辯論的重點話題。馬克龍要求簡化政府針對中小企業的管理規章，而勒龐則承諾要對那些外包工作機會的公司生產的產品徵稅。

民調的平均數值顯示，馬克龍以百分之60支持率領先勒龐百分之40的支持率。自從4月23日舉行第一輪投票後，馬克龍的領先優勢已經縮減了大約3個百分點。