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Marine Le Pen at a press conference in Milan, Italy, May 18, 2019. REUTERS / Alessandro Garofalo

The year 2020 opens under good auspices for Marine Le Pen. At the highest in the polls, the president of the RN is the one, for the French, who best embodies opposition to Emmanuel Macron. The 2017 presidential finalist has however been more than discreet since her party's victory in the Europeans. Strategy or lack of desire?

A more than discreet presence in the National Assembly, drop-outs, no counter-project on pension reform ... After raising my head at the Europeans, Marine Le Pen has done the minimum union in recent weeks.

Discretion that questions internally

If officially, it is explained that in this year of municipal elections - " it is not for a presidential to campaign " says his entourage - unofficially, it cringes. " You have to wonder what she does with her days " wonders a manager who would appreciate that the patroness of the National Rally is not content to go around the television sets.

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A return with the municipal?

Because if Marine Le Pen has the wind in its sails in opinion polls, the question of her desire is still topical. Damaged by the debate between two towers , more than two years ago, Marine Le Pen would no longer have sacred fire. Will it take over the municipal authorities to relaunch themselves? To appear on the front line? Nothing is less sure. For now, the agenda of the boss of the far right party only mentions a big come-back meeting next weekend and a meeting in early March. In the middle: radio silence.

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