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“The Final Countdown” by the group Europe resounds in the great hall of the Artois Expo, while the 3,000 red chairs set up for the occasion are slowly filling up. It is past 5 p.m., this Thursday, April 21, just near Arras, and the atmosphere is rising before the very last campaign meeting of Marine Le Pen. Pas-de-Calais, which gave her her seat as a deputy, and a comfortable lead in the first round of the presidential election (38.68%, ahead of Emmanuel Macron at 24.61%): that’s where she wants to finish.