The incumbent French President Francois Hollande on Monday threw his weight behind his former economy minister Macron, and urged the French voters to not support Le Pen in the final round.
Polls show that Macron should beat Le Pen decisively, but analysts warned that the far right still reached historic levels in a sign that anti-Brussels populism was still alive and well in the EU.
Le Pen was the only FN candidate to pass the first round of 2007 legislative elections and garnered 42 percent of votes in the second round.
Socialist Party boss Jean-Christophe Cambadelis told French radio: "He was smug. It's not a done deal".
Le Pen holds out a still starker comparison, saying French voters will be making a choice between "uncontrolled globalization and the nation". "It's not very respectful of democracy, of the voters".
"It shows that this arrogant cast thinks it's already won and can do what it wants with the country".
Le Pen started her day at the Rungis wholesale market outside Paris, calling for more food to be produced and consumed in this country known as the gastronomic center of the Western world.
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Macron's optimistic vision of a tolerant France and a united Europe with open borders is a stark contrast with Le Pen's darker, inward-looking "French-first" platform that calls for closed borders, tougher security, less immigration and dropping the shared euro currency to return to the French franc.
It said the poll would be restricted to members registered before last Sunday's first round, and would offer three options; Choice 1. blank vote, choice 2. vote Macron, and choice 3. abstain.
"We'll get you out of here", Le Pen said as she hugged a woman in the crowd outside the plant, its fences festooned with workers' banners. "Nothing in either Mr Macron's policies or his behavior suggests the slightest proof of his love for France", she said. We will win. Things have changed a lot. Late Monday, she said she was setting party affairs to one side in order to concentrate on the campaign. "It's a disgrace", another said repeatedly.
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen turned an appliance factory into a battleground Wednesday for France's blue-collar vote, upstaging rival Emmanuel Macron with a surprise campaign stop at the plant threatened with closure.
Her comments comes as a campaign strategist for her former party, National Front, said Mr Macron is not capable of playing in the big leagues with US President Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin.
Macron and Le Pen stood grim-faced among hundreds of mourners as Xavier Jugele's gay partner delivered a moving eulogy to the 37-year-old officer, whose shooting was claimed by the Islamic State group. "The movement I lead has been at the top of all the last election". But Ms Le Pen is unlikely to go down without a fight. Macron, who at 39 is favorite to become France's youngest-ever president, has urged voters not to "give in to fear" and vowed to step up security cooperation with European Union partners.
"If she's elected, this company will close", he said, adding that he had first been to talk with union representatives to be able to discuss the issue in depth.
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