“Marine Le Pen extended her lead in a voter preference poll ahead of next April’s French presidential election after appeal judges cleared her to enter the race for a fourth time by shortening a previous ban on her standing,” Bloomberg reports.“The far-right National Rally candidate would get between 34% and 35.5% of the vote in the first round if it were to take place this Sunday…”“Her closest rival would be Edouard Philippe, a former centrist prime minister under President Emmanuel Macron, who was favored by as many as 19% in one of six scenarios tested.”