PARIS, Feb 13 — French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said today it was possible that far-right opposition leader Marine le Pen could win France’s presidential election in 2022 and he hoped President Emmanuel Macron would seek a second mandate and help prevent this from happening.

"The election of Marine Le Pen , we all know that is a possibility. It is a political possibility and it must be opposed...I hope that Emmanuel Macron runs and is re-elected,”Le Maire told BFM television.

Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, lost to Macron in the 2017 election.

Opinion polls indicate she will be Macron’s main challenger in the election next year. — Reuters