October 26, 2026 10:07 AM
France’s Le Pen launches presidential bid as protests rattle the nation
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner in next year's French presidential election, formally launched her campaign on Sunday with a promise to restore order and national confidence. As France faces one of its most turbulent periods in years, Le Pen cast herself as the best placed to navigate what she described as mounting economic, social and security crises. "We are not living through the end of the world but the end of a world, their world," she said of her political opponents. Le ...
