"The tall tale of Jean-Luc Melenchon opposing Emmanuel Macron, maybe we'll stop that one now. It lasted 15 days, it made everyone laugh," says far-right leader Marine Le Pen on her arrival at a market in Henin-Beaumont where she has been an MP since 2017. She is a candidate again and hopes that her party (RN) will enter "in force in the National Assembly to lead the fight against the social policy that Emmanuel Macron wants to implement". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES