Overview
- Le Pen, in an interview published Tuesday, said she will not seek the prime minister's job as a consolation if she cannot run for president.
- She said she and Jordan Bardella agreed that she would be the presidential candidate if permitted and he would serve as her prime minister.
- Her eligibility rests on a July 7 decision tied to a first‑instance conviction in the European Parliament assistants case that carries a ban from office.
- Recent polls by Elabe and Odoxa show the National Rally far ahead in the first round but at risk of losing a runoff to former prime minister Édouard Philippe.
- She played down any rift with Bardella and backed his outreach to other right‑wing parties to help build a majority if the party reaches power.