Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally (RN) launched her 2027 presidential campaign on the 25th with the closing speech of the party congress in Orléans. She struck an optimistic tone around “renaissance” and promised to restore the rule of law if elected, while protests and disruptions took place around the event.
According to Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) and other French media, Le Pen took the stage on Sunday the 25th as the last act of the RN congress in Orléans. It was her first major rally ahead of the presidential election, following speeches by Éric Ciotti and party president Jordan Bardella. JDD said more than 8,500 supporters attended, while another outlet reported that about 3,000 police and gendarmes were deployed.
광고 문의 · 300×250The keyword of the speech was “renaissance.” Boursorama and JDD reported that she promised renewal without an abrupt break and that the speech put optimism and reassurance ahead of attacks or major announcements. Le Pen said the RN had won the “battle of diagnosis” and described the present as a period of transition rather than decline. She closed by saying the future is not a threat but a promise.
Rule of law and security pledges
JDD reported that Le Pen said the first protection is security and that, if elected, she would restore the rule of law. Citing the recent attack in Trappes, she argued that violence stems from incivility and called for a return to French-style good manners. Her one reported concrete immigration pledge was automatic, permanent expulsion of foreign offenders.
She promised a system in which the president presides, the government governs, parliament legislates and courts apply the law impartially. This echoes her 2025 criticism, after a court barred her from running over a misuse-of-funds case, that the ruling flouted the rule of law, but whether she referred directly to that ruling in the speech is not confirmed in the coverage we saw. Opponents tend to read such arguments as a far-right frame of distrust toward the judiciary.
Le Pen labelled Islamism, the violent far left and anti-fascist groups (including LFI), and “technophobes” tied to punitive ecology as “obscurantists.” Critics may counter that such labels stigmatize political opponents, but detailed reactions on the day were not found in the reporting available to us. No specific education policy appeared in the coverage we obtained.
Tension in and around the venue
The event took place under heavy security. Reports said thousands marched against the RN the day before, and members of the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) protested inside the hall, accusing the party of racism and antisemitism. Bardella blamed the far left, though one outlet said that claim was inaccurate. Orléans mayor Serge Grouard said the event passed without incident.
