French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Shores Up Campaign With Loan
- Le Pen has struggled to convince banks in bid against Macron
- Loan helps bolster her credibility as right wing splits votes
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The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen finally secured a bank loan for her financially struggling campaign to challenge President Emmanuel Macron.
The candidate in the April presidential election obtained a 10.6 million euro loan ($11.8 million) from a European bank, Jordan Bardella, president of her National Rally party, told Agence France-Presse.