Marine Le Pen springs surprise visit on Macron during picket line campaign trip

Presidential frontrunner was meeting with striking factory workers but far-right candidate rushed to her heartlands to try to show up rivalThe French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron was met with boos and jeers at a factory picket line in northern France after he was upstaged by a surprise appearance by his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen.The political standoff amid the striking workers highlighted not only the plight of deindustrialisation in France but also the bitter public relations b