# Le Pen’s poll lead grows amid mass protests and riots

https://mins.news/en/video/110008

- France 24 English, 2026-10-21 18:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xG0WPzWqA

> Marine Le Pen is due to launch her presidential campaign this weekend at the National Rally’s two-day congress in Orléans. An Ifop poll conducted after mass protests and riots in France indicates she would comfortably win the first round, with far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon the likeliest runoff opponent.

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