Le Pen launches presidential bid amid French unrest, vows to ‘restore rule of law’

South China Morning Post - Oct 25, 2026

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 front runner in the polls – seems to be benefiting from the convulsions France has been going through for weeks, which have seen violence flare on the sidelines of mass cost-of-living rallies. “We are going to restore the rule of law,” she said, after looting and arson erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations...

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