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France's Le Pen Wants Runoff Against 'Centrist' in Presidential Race

Le Pen said the race may hinge on one centrist rival as she awaits a July appeals ruling that could bar her from office.

  • Marine Le Pen, 57-year-old politician, stated she wants a 2027 presidential runoff against the centrist bloc, aiming to succeed President Emmanuel Macron as the National Rally party candidate.
  • As Macron steps down after two consecutive terms, former premier Edouard Philippe of the Horizons party has emerged as the centrist camp's primary contender for 2027.
  • Facing a potential ban this July regarding an alleged fake jobs scam in the European Parliament, Le Pen intends for 30-year-old party leader Jordan Bardella to run if disqualified.
  • Addressing the hard left, Le Pen cited the LFI party's solid base and accused it of antisemitic comments linked to the Gaza war, referencing Melenchon's influence.
  • To secure victory, she stated that ballots must reflect "the strength of a vote in favour of a chosen candidate," not rejection of opponents; Le Pen has reached the runoff twice before.
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A year before the presidential elections, Marine Le Pen asserts his wish for a second round "between the central bloc and the RN". Preferably against Edouard Philippe, rather than against Jean-Luc Mélenchon. While continuing to hope that "the judges will not prevent him from being a candidate". ...

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France's Le Pen wants runoff against 'centrist' in presidential race

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday told AFP she hoped to run for president for a fourth time next year and face off against a "centrist" candidate in the second round.

·France
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Lean Left

In an interview at the AFP on Tuesday 28 April, the far right MP, who risks ineligibility, prognosis a duel with the former Prime Minister, without sweeping the option Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in case of multiplication of the candidatures coming from the "central block".

·Paris, France
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According to the head of the National Rally, a duel against the central bloc allows for a "election of choice" rather than "rejection".

·Paris, France
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Lean Left

A year from the presidential, Marine Le Pen affirms in an interview that she "desirs a second round against the central bloc"

·France
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Center

One year before the presidential election, the leader of the Marine Le Pen National Rally expresses her preference for a second round against the central bloc rather than against La France insubmissive To a

·France
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Le Parisien broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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