Marine Le Pen¡¯s National Rally is trying to outmaneuver rivals that are pulling out well-worn tricks to keep the far-right out of power in the final round of legislative elections on Sunday.
In what has become something of a French game of chess, the opposition to Le Pen ¡ª President Emmanuel Macron¡¯s centrist group and a left-leaning alliance ¡ª is racing to coalesce and pull out candidates to shut her own people out.
She, in turn, is trying to court supporters to back her.
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