National front-runner: who can beat Le Pen?

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Blau.

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  Today on the show, inefficiency and injustice in Eastern India's buffer zone,

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  and why Argentina is so good at polo.

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  First up, though.

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  It's election season in France,

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  a time when politicians who normally wear suits and ties

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  start venturing far from their usual habitats.

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  A leading candidate from the centre-right recently turned up at a food truck

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  in an apron to serve frites to passers-by.

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  Another one climbed to the top of a wind turbine.

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  Yet another hopeful launched a tour of a thousand bistros.

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  All of them are desperately trying to get closer to voters

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  and make inroads on the candidate who's currently soaring ahead in the polls,

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  Marine Le Pen, from the anti-immigration, right-wing National Rally.

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  The election next April and May may seem a long way off,

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  but it is absolutely a crucial moment for the French

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  because for the first time in 10 years, Emmanuel Macron can't stand again.

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