Preparing For Early Presidential Election, Le Pen Says ‘It’s Over’ For Macron

Marine Le Pen said that she is getting ready to run for an early presidential election, predicting that Emmanuel Macron’s era as French president will be over sooner than scheduled.

Le Pen said that she is preparing for the possibility of an early presidential election in France as Emmanuel Macron is running out of options to effectively govern the nation. “Macron is done, or nearly done” she said. “I don’t want to be cruel, it’s an institutional reality.”

Breitbart reports: On the back of the installation of the fourth prime minister so far this year, National Rally chief Marine Le Pen told Le Parisien that she has begun to “prepare for an early presidential election”.

She said that preparations are being made “as a precaution, given the fragility of Emmanuel Macron, the few institutional levers he has left”.

The president, Le Pen said, has “lost control everywhere” and that for “Emmanuel Macron, it’s over or almost.”

While President Macron has insisted that he intends on finishing out his second term in office, which will finish in 2027, Le Pen noted that there potential factors that could see him reconsider, such as international creditors taking actions over the growing debt crisis in the country.

Le Pen, who has ran for president three times before, is currently leading the race to replace Macron by a comfortable margin.

However, the populist leader faces some potential challenges, including a pending legal case against her and other National Rally party figures over alleged misappropriation of EU funds.

The case, which is set to wrap in March, could potentially see Le Pen banned from seeking national office for five years, which would effectively end her political aspirations of leading France.