Live: French far-right leader Le Pen seeks to leverage unrest in presidential campaign kick-off
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, is set to address some 10,000 supporters on Sunday in the city of Orleans as she kicks off her…
France 24 reports: Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, is set to address some 10,000 supporters on Sunday in the city of Orleans as she kicks off her presidential campaign, a day after nationwide cost-of-living protests flared again into violence.
Le Pen, the frontrunner, is seen to be benefiting in the polls from the weeks of unrest.
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