Editing National Rally (section)

==== Law and order ====
In 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen campaigned on a [[Law and order (politics)|law-and-order]] platform of [[zero tolerance]], harsher sentencing, increased prison capacity, and a [[Referendums in France|referendum]] on re-introducing the [[Capital punishment in France|death penalty]].{{sfn|Shields|2007|p=282}} In its 2001 programme, the party linked the breakdown of law and order to immigration, deeming immigration a "mortal threat to civil peace in France."{{sfn|Shields|2007|p=284}}

Marine Le Pen rescinded the party's traditional support for the death penalty with her 2017 campaign launch, instead announcing support for imprisonment "in perpetuity" for the "worst crimes" in February 2017.<ref>{{cite news|author=Vinocur, Nicholas|title=Marine Le Pen's plan to make France great again|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pens-plan-to-make-france-great-again/|newspaper=Politico Europe|date=4 February 2017|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205232607/http://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pens-plan-to-make-france-great-again/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, she proposed to hold a [[referendum]] on [[capital punishment in France]] if she were elected.<ref name=":4">Samuel, Henry (14 April 2022). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/04/14/marine-le-pen-would-hold-referendum-reinstating-death-penalty/ "Marine Le Pen: I would hold a referendum on reinstating the death penalty."] ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 17 April 2022.</ref><ref>Samuel, Henry (15 April 2022). [https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/le-pen-is-willing-to-hold-death-penalty-referendum-if-she-is-elected-41555474.html "Le Pen is willing to hold death penalty referendum if she is elected."] ''[[Irish Independent]]''. Retrieved 17 April 2022.</ref>