News about Marine Le Pen

Opinion polls show Le Pen, 58, leading the first round of the April presidential election, even after an appeals court upheld her graft conviction. RN lawmakers and allied UDR members have demanded that Constitutional Council head Richard Ferrand step down after he dismissed her plan to amend the constitution by referendum, a plan tied to “national priority” policies and scrapping birthright citizenship. Legal scholar Jean-Philippe Derosier called the request a mere letter with no real legal force. The RN also attacked Bank of France governor Emmanuel Moulin and top auditor Amelie de Montchalin, and warned that officials unwilling to implement its agenda could lose their jobs. Critics describe the “national priority” plan as discriminatory and xenophobic.