Marine Le Pen launches French presidency bid: What is she promising?

Far-right candidate attacks radical Islam and globalisation during campaign rally in Lyon

Leader of French far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen wants to revamp her party
(Image credit: FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty)

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, launched her campaign for the French presidency with attacks on radical Islam and globalisation.

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