Marine Le Pen launches presidential campaign vowing to "restore the rule of law"

Marine Le Pen launched her 2027 presidential campaign on October 25 in Orléans, a city she described as under siege from unrest, pledging to "restore the rule of law" after her own conviction for misusing EU parliamentary funds. The launch fell on the same weekend that nearly 2,400 people were arrested in protests across France, reinforcing her message of a country coming apart. Le Pen is appealing the conviction, which would bar her from running, and her National Rally party is preparing for her to stand regardless.

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