'No going back': Le Pen stands by bid to sanitise French far-right

Marine Le Pen has faced questions over her leadership after a slip-up in regional elections. PERPIGNAN: Marine Le Pen won re-election as head of France's far-right National Rally Sunday at a party congress, where she is seeking new impetus for her 2022 presidential bid after performing badly in regional polls.

Addressing reporters, the 52-year-old trained lawyer said she felt"extremely combative" about her chances of winning the presidency on her third attempt. The big winners were the traditional parties of the right and left, the Republicans and the Socialists, which were quashed by Macron's centrist insurgency in 2017 but appear to be regaining ground.National Rally leaders have rejected suggestions that Le Pen's strategy of toning down the party's once strident rhetoric against immigration and the EU have cost it support.

In a recent blog post he warned that the RN needed to re-discover its"virility" and refocus on immigration and crime in order to mobilise its base.

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