France’s Le Pen vows to restore ‘rule of law’ at presidential campaign launch

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French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen pledged to restore the rule of law if elected, launching her campaign amid political turmoil and cost-of-living protests. The article says she is leading in polls as France has experienced rallies, looting, arson and violent clashes.

Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron next year, vowed in her first campaign speech on Sunday 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, punctuated by mass cost-of-living rallies and some violent clashes on Saturday and the previous week. “We are going to restore the rule of law,” she said, after looting and arson on the...