Despite the fact that all polls predict the opposite, it remains to be seen whether the leader of the National Association will be able to defeat Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidential election.
Marine LePen (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968), candidate for the presidency of the French Republic, debates this Sunday with the current president, Emmanuel Macron (Amiens, 1977), in the race to the Elysee. the leader of the National group She is not new to French politics, but this Sunday will be her biggest political challenge. never before to the far right has come so close to reaching the Elysée, a milestone attributed to Le Pen herself, who has managed to leave behind her father’s harsh image to soften a speech that nevertheless continues to worry in the most moderate circles in France and throughout Europe.
Your father’s policy Jean-Marie LePenwho in 1972 de National Front, marks his career since childhood. The winner of the presidential election, a law graduate, worked as a lawyer in Paris for several years, but in 1998 he entered the device of the family celebration.
all-in 2004 won a seat in the European Parliament and during those years gained fame both inside and outside the party. As a result, he achieved some electoral successes at local and regional level up to in 2011 was named new leader of the National Front.
From that moment he started softens his father’s aggressive language, and also changed the image of the party running for the 2012 presidential election. Le Pen came in third; They were historic results. The National Front was on the rise and this was made clear in the elections of 2014: in the European elections of that year, the formation managed to first in votes
Le Pen’s political consolidation took place in 2017 when the far-right leader came face to face with Macron during the presidential election; managed to advance to the second round, but got no more than a third of the votes The following year, Le Pen decided to rename the formation with the name national grouping, in an effort to leave shadows of the past behind.
Describing herself as ‘patriot’, Le Pen articulates much of her speech in relation to that word, mixing the defense of conservative values with economic protectionism and France’s exit from NATO.
Source: EITB
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