National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen delivers a speech at her campaign launch rally in Orleans. (EPA Images pic)ORLEANS: Wrapped in the French tricolour, Loic Le Tourneau was among thousands of supporters who flocked on Sunday to see far-right leader Marine Le Pen officially launch her presidential campaign.
Outside the arena in the city of Orleans, fans milled about, tucking into hot dogs and French fries and snapping up Le Pen-branded T-shirts and scarves before heading inside.
But behind the festive atmosphere lay deep-seated anxieties about France's future among the roughly 8,500 people who turned out to hear the leader of the nationalist, anti-immigration party.
Le Tourneau, who travelled nearly an hour to attend the rally, said he was increasingly worried about insecurity in France - even though he said he had not experienced it firsthand in the countryside where he lives.
