Le Pen ready to exercise power after Macron party trounced

The former National Rally leader has promised to defend the interests of the French people

Right-wing French politician Marine Le Pen has said she is ready to lead the country, after President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election in the wake of a projected crushing defeat for his Renaissance party in the EU parliamentary vote.

Le Pen, widely seen as the frontrunner for the French 2027 pre