A second round of the French presidential elections is expected on April 24.
Standing out in this election is Le Pen, who has boosted her chance of winning Elysee Compared to the previous two failed attempts.
Beginnings
She was born in Neuilly, in the Hauts-de-Sen region, west of the capital, Paris.
Marine Le Pen, 53, holds a master’s degree in law, and began her career as a lawyer and held judicial positions.
She stated in a party rally in the 2017 elections that she has Egyptian origins, noting that her grandmother’s mother was called Pauline, a Coptic born in Egypt.
She began her political life early, specifically in 1986, when she joined the National Rally Party, which was founded by her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
In 2004 she was elected to the European Parliament and held that position until 2017.
Highlights
newspaper says "telegraph" Britain’s Anne Le Pen is fighting to win the election on her third attempt since seizing the National Rally leadership from her father in 2011.
Le Pen focused her election campaign on the internal situation in France, with a major pledge to pump more money into the pockets of the French, amid fears of inflation and the rising cost of living, following the war in Ukraine.
Le Pen’s critics see her party as anti-immigration and anti-foreigner, but the negative view of her has declined a lot, as she has become the third most popular political figure in France, according to the newspaper. "The Guardian" British.
And she adds "telegraph" The far-right candidate’s speech did not change her Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant rhetoric, but her unilateral messages that focus on social conditions are now bearing fruit.
Le Pen lost in the 2017 presidential election, in the second round, when she won 34 percent of the vote, compared to the newcomer to French politics, Macron.
But in this election, the difference seems to have narrowed a lot, as polls show that the difference between the two is limited.
A recent opinion poll showed that 46 percent of the French see it as a national line linked to traditional values.
The positive attitude of the far-right candidate in France towards the Russian president did not lead Vladimir Putinto weaken its popularity.
Le Pen expressed her admiration for Putin, as a conservative nationalist, but she distanced herself from him with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and the West fears that her arrival at the Elysee will lead to a crack in the anti-Putin alliance once morest the backdrop of the Ukraine war.
Le Pen tries to show an iron will in the face of opponents, describing herself as"The phoenix that rises from the rubble"indicating that the successive losses do not discourage it from continuing to work with full force towards Presidency of France.
And she considered that talk regarding Macron’s guaranteed victory in the elections "Just fake news, it’s possible to defeat Macron and radically change the country’s politics".
The likelihood of her winning also came from Macron’s camp, where one of his ministers said that… "A democratic accident cannot be ruled out"referring to the possibility of Le Pen winning.
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and compete in French elections12 candidates, but the luckiest, according to opinion polls, the outgoing president Emmanuel MacronThe far-right candidate, leader of the National Rally Party, Marine Le Pen.
A second round of the French presidential elections is expected on April 24.
Standing out in this election is Le Pen, who has boosted her chance of winning Elysee Compared to the previous two failed attempts.
Beginnings
She was born in Neuilly, in the Hauts-de-Sen region, west of the capital, Paris.
Marine Le Pen, 53, holds a master’s degree in law, and began her career as a lawyer and held judicial positions.
She stated in a party rally in the 2017 elections that she has Egyptian origins, noting that her grandmother’s mother was called Pauline, a Coptic born in Egypt.
She began her political life early, specifically in 1986, when she joined the National Rally Party, which was founded by her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
In 2004 she was elected to the European Parliament and held that position until 2017.
Highlights
The British newspaper, “The Telegraph”, says Le Pen is fighting to win the elections in her third attempt since seizing the leadership of the National Rally party from her father in 2011.
Le Pen focused her election campaign on the internal situation in France, with a major pledge to pump more money into the pockets of the French, amid fears of inflation and the rising cost of living, following the war in Ukraine.
Le Pen’s critics see her party as anti-immigration and anti-foreigner, but the negative view of her has declined a lot, as she has become the third most popular political figure in France, according to the British newspaper, “The Guardian”.
And the “Telegraph” adds that the far-right candidate’s speech did not change her skeptical rhetoric in Europe and once morest immigrants, but her unilateral messages that focus on social conditions are bearing fruit.
Le Pen lost in the 2017 presidential election, in the second round, when she won 34 percent of the vote, compared to the newcomer to French politics, Macron.
But in this election, the difference seems to have narrowed a lot, as polls show that the difference between the two is limited.
A recent opinion poll showed that 46 percent of the French see it as a national line linked to traditional values.
The positive attitude of the far-right candidate in France towards the Russian president did not lead Vladimir Putinto weaken its popularity.
Le Pen expressed her admiration for Putin, as a conservative nationalist, but she distanced herself from him with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and the West fears that her arrival at the Elysee will lead to a crack in the anti-Putin alliance once morest the backdrop of the Ukraine war.
Le Pen is trying to show an iron will in the face of opponents, describing herself as “the phoenix that rises from among the rubble”, indicating that the successive losses do not discourage her from continuing to work with full force towards Presidency of France.
And she considered that talk regarding Macron’s guaranteed victory in the elections “is just fake news, as Macron’s defeat and a radical change of the country’s policy is possible.”
The likelihood of her winning also came from Macron’s camp, where one of his ministers said that “a democratic accident cannot be ruled out”, referring to the possibility of Le Pen winning.
