Marine Le Pen has formally launched her presidential campaign, promising to put France first by freeing it it from the “tyrannies” of globalisation, Islamic fundamentalism and the European Union. Opinion polls have consistently predicted Le Pen will win the first round of the two-stage contest in April but be defeated in the 7 May run-off by a mainstream candidate. It would also reserve free education for French nationals, and enforce a “French first” policy in social housing and employment. French journalist thrown out of Marine Le Pen press conference Read moreLe Pen said Islamic fundamentalism was a “yoke” France could no longer live under. Le Pen, he said, “does not speak in the name of the people”, and would “betray France’s ideals” of liberty, equality and fraternity.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2017 19:18 UTC