Far-right candidate Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
Marine Le Pen, the far-right frontrunner for next year's French presidential election, officially launched her campaign Sunday, vowing to restore order and trust.
Orleans — Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate seeking to succeed President Emmanuel Macron, inaugurated her presidential bid on Sunday, promising to "restore the rule of law" should she be elected next year. The frontrunner in the polls appears to be capitalizing on the recent turmoil in France, with violence erupting on the fringes of mass rallies protesting rising living costs.
"We are going to restore the rule of law," she declared during her speech to an enthusiastic crowd of 8,500 supporters at a rally in Orleans, a city where Joan of Arc, a revered figure among the far right, helped lift an English siege in 1429. Le Pen, 58, assured her audience that her party sought not a return to the past, but rather the "dawn of a new era," earning a resounding response as supporters waved French flags and shouted "We're going to win, we're going to win."
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