France's Le Pen launches presidential bid vowing to restore 'rule of law'
ORLEANS — Marine Le Pen, France's far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron, kicked off her campaign Sunday vowing to "restore the rule of law" if elected next year. Le Pen -- the frontrunner in the polls -- seems to be benefiting from the convulsions France has been going through for weeks, which has seen violence flare on the sidelines of mass cost-of-living rallies. "We are…
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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