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Far-right National Rally draws contours of intelligence and defence roadmap

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French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025.
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025.
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Marine Le Pen's inner circle and the far-right Horaces think-tank are keen to attract prominent intelligence and security figures to their side and bolster the candidate's image in the run up to the 2027 French presidential election.

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