# Marine Le Pen warns of a ‘threat to democracy’ and attacks ‘exhausted Macronist power’

https://mins.news/en/item/105306

- euronews, 2026-10-18 16:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/18/marine-le-pen-warns-of-threat-to-democracy-and-blasts-exhausted-macronist-power

> Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate for France’s 2027 presidential election, spoke out after a day of riots that left the country reeling, as looting resumed in Paris. She warned of a threat to democracy and blasted what she called exhausted Macronist power.

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