Marine Le Pen Criticizes Emmanuel Macron Following Widespread French Rioting

Marine Le Pen spoke out on October 18 following a day of riots that left France reeling, Euronews reported. The far-right presidential candidate for the 2027 election declared that the country is experiencing a crisis of confidence and described the situation as a threat to democracy, as looting resumed in Paris. [1]

According to Euronews, the National Rally leader blamed the far left and President Emmanuel Macron for the crisis, claiming the president has no credibility or authority. Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally, stated that order no longer exists in France and that the country was humiliated during the violence on Saturday night. [1]

Marine Le Pen delivered her remarks less than two hours before an expected address by Emmanuel Macron at 20:00, Euronews reported. [1]

Le Pen served as the president of the National Rally party from 2011 to 2021 and ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. She has been a member of the French National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais since 2017 and its National Rally parliamentary leader since June 2022. [2]