Le Pen launches 2027 presidential campaign in strongest position yet

Marine Le Pen has formally entered the 2027 French presidential race at a moment when the political ground beneath her has shifted more favorably than at any prior point in her career. Polling at historic highs, she steps forward not merely as a candidate but as a consolidating force within a far-right movement that has moved from the margins toward the center of French political life. Her campaign's central promise — that French citizens must come first — speaks to an electorate shaped by economic anxiety, frustration with institutions, and a growing openness to voices once considered extreme