French far-right politician Marine Le Pen to stand in 2022 election April 09, 2021 at 01:26AM

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen said on Friday she would stand in the 2022 presidential election and that she thought victory was entirely "plausible". "I am once again standing as a presidential candidate, before you," Le Pen, who heads up the far-right Rassemblement National party, told a news conference.