PARIS (Reuters). – Marine Le Pen, the far-right French candidate for the presidency has advanced to round 2. Although she trails President Emmanuel Macron by a significant margin in polls, it is clear that the race is tighter than 2017 where he defeated her decisively.

Le Pen’s campaign has moved to the purchase power as her top priority, and she is working to soften her image. However, the anti-immigration and far-right core policies of Le Pen’s party remain unchanged.

These are her top policy recommendations:

ECONOMY

* No income tax for those aged under 30

* VAT on energy at 5.5% from current 20%. For essential products like pasta or diapers, VAT is at 0% as long as inflation remains one point above growth

* No employer contributions on pay rises of up to 10%

* Early retirement at 60 for those who have worked 40 years

* Increase low pensions

* Scrap inheritance tax for middle and low income families. Donations of as much as 100,000 Euros to a grandchild or child are exempt from tax.

IMMIGRATION

* Only French citizens will have access to welfare benefits

* French nationals will be given preference in access to social housing and to jobs

* Stop family reunification for immigrant families

* Deportation of undocumented migrants, foreigners convicted of crimes

* Withdraw residency for migrants that are out of work for more than a year

* Remove birthright citizenship

* Asylum requests to be processed outside of France

SECURITY

* Re-establish mandatory sentencing and remove the possibility of reduced sentences

* Establish presumption of legitimate defence for security forces

ISLAM

* Strip French citizenship from people with extreme Islamist views

* Close mosques and Islamic associations deemed to contradict French constitutional values

* Ban the hijab and religious symbols in all public spaces and for parents on school trips

EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL

* Withdraw France from NATO’s integrated command

* French constitution to prevail over international law

* Create a “European Alliance of Nations” intended to progressively replace the European Union

* End Franco-German cooperation agreements established since 2017

ENERGY

* Stop wind turbine projects and dismantle existing ones

* Leave the European electricity market

* Invest in nuclear energy