France’s Marine Le Pen says far-right National Front to be relaunched

“The National Front ... must deeply renew itself in order to rise to the historic opportunity and meet the French people’s expectations,” Le Pen said.

France’s far-right National Front must be relaunched, Marine Le Pen said on Sunday after conceding defeat to centrist Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential election .

French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Paris, on May 7, 2017, after the second round of the French presidential election. Marine Le Pen suffered a crushing defeat in France's presidential election, estimates showed today. (AFP Photo)

“The National Front ... must deeply renew itself in order to rise to the historic opportunity and meet the French people’s expectations,” Le Pen said in a brief address to supporters shortly after initial projections were released.

“I will propose to start this deep transformation of our movement in order to make a new political force,” she added.