French election: Anger will explode - Le Pen

Far-right presidential candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen received a hostile reception at her final campaign stop at Reims Cathedral. Photo / AP

Anger in France will "explode" after the presidential election, Marine Le Pen warned yesterday.

With victory seemingly within Emmanuel Macron's grasp after coming out on top in a bitter debate on Thursday, Le Pen warned that: "My words were nothing but the reflection of the anger that will explode in this country".

That appeared to be a thinly veiled threat that Macron can expect her to mount an aggressive opposition to his presidency and reform plans should she lose.

Greenpeace, meanwhile, pulled off a daring stunt in central Paris, attaching a giant banner to the Eiffel Tower urging voters to "resist" Le Pen and leaving police to admit security "flaws" at a time when terror fears remain high.

Le Pen received a hostile reception at her final campaign stop at Reims Cathedral where protesters chanted "Marine, give the money back". She had to be escorted out. She has refused to answer French investigators' questions in a probe into whether she misused European parliamentary funds.

On Twitter Le Pen accused Macron supporters of "violence" and a lack of "dignity" in a sacred place.