Could Marine Le Pen really win the French presidency?
Recent polls put the far-right candidate within touching distance of victory.
Marine Le Pen
Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen, better known as Marine Le Pen, is a French lawyer and politician. She is a member of the National Rally (RN; which was previously known as the National Front, FN), and she was its president from 2011 to 2021. Le Pen ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017 and 2022. Here you can find all of our latest news, analysis and comment about Marine Le Pen.
Could Marine Le Pen really win the French presidency?
The far-right leader’s longstanding strategy of pushing left on economic issues appears a wise choice amid a cost-of-living crisis.
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Macron could face left-winger in run-off as French voters turn focus to presidential election
If enough left-wing supporters vote tactically for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he may be able to squeak through to the second round.
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Who will win the French presidential election?
Will Emmanuel Macron hold on? The latest from the New Statesman’s poll tracker.
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Éric Zemmour and the French far right’s gender gap
Zemmour’s sexism is a throwback to the pre-Marine Le Pen days of French nationalism, and it will hurt him at…
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French election 2022: centre-right candidates fail to find their voice in debate
The Republican party is squeezed between Emmanuel Macron on the economy and Éric Zemmour on identity.
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France’s silent majority: How a political class was left behind
Low turnout in the June regional elections shows both Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have failed to attract the politically homeless.
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How French conservatives are turning toward Marine Le Pen
Defections by mainstream politicians suggest that backing France’s hard-right National Rally in regional elections is no longer a dramatic leap.
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Will France’s anti-Marine Le Pen “republican front“ hold?
The balance of probabilities is still that the far-right leader will lose next year – but by the slimmest margin…
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The first French presidential debate shows Emmanuel Macron has a lot to learn
Could the centrist's uneven performance spell the possibility of a François Fillon comeback?
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At the gates of power: how Marine Le Pen is unnerving the French establishment
Under her father, the Front National was the pariah party of France. Now Marine Le Pen has brought it closer…
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