To capitalize on Jordan Bardella's popularity, Marine Le Pen is pitching her candidacy as a joint ticket with the millennial politician.Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images

After legal reprieve, Le Pen casts Bardella as her No. 2 – POLITICO

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PARIS — Marine Le Pen is back in charge of France’s far-right presidential campaign.

Less than a day after a shock court ruling kept her 2027 hopes alive, Le Pen returned to the campaign trail Wednesday alongside the protégé who had been preparing to replace her. 

“We’re both entering this presidential campaign,” a reinvigorated Le Pen told reporters in La Flèche, a medium-sized town west of Paris. In a televised interview the previous evening, she had emphasized that the pair would run as a joint ticket: Le Pen seeking France’s powerful presidency, Bardella cast as her future prime minister.