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Le Pen leads polls with up to 38% six months before election

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Briefings

A French political science researcher at CNRS and the University of Nice explains that recent violence following protests could help Marine Le Pen's National Rally campaign present itself as the party capable of restoring public safety and national security. This analysis comes after the party's congress in Orléans passed without major incidents, with Le Pen scheduled to deliver a renewal-focused speech on October 25 under heavy police surveillance.

Key points

• Gilles Ivaldi, a political science researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Nice, provided the analysis.
• The National Rally congress in Orléans passed without any major incidents, with Marine Le Pen scheduled to deliver her first major campaign speech on Sunday afternoon, 25 October, under heavy police surveillance.

Context

This analysis comes after the National Rally congress in Orléans passed without major incidents, with Marine Le Pen scheduled to deliver her first major campaign speech on October 25 under heavy police surveillance. Gilles Ivaldi, a political science researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Nice, explains that the violence following protests across France in recent weeks could help the National Rally present itself as the party capable of restoring public safety and national security.

Limitations

The evidence is limited to a single researcher's interpretation of recent violence following protests across France. No specific dates, numbers, or causal claims are supported by the source evidence, and the analysis remains unverified.

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