Paris (France) (AFP) – The National Rally, seeking financing for Marine Le Pen's presidential campaign, has reached a pre-agreement with two European banks for a loan of 10.6 million euros, its treasurer told AFP on Tuesday.

Published on: 10/11/2026 - 2:20 p.m.

“We are in very advanced discussions with two non-French but European banks,” declared Kévin Pfeffer, confirming information from BFMTV and franceinfo.

These establishments, whose names he did not reveal, should give him a response "by the end of the month", he added. "Quite optimistic" about obtaining this loan, he is pleased that this pre-agreement recognizes "the reliability and credibility of the party's file which offers all the necessary guarantees".

Aside from donations, the only way for a party to finance its presidential campaign is to obtain a loan from banks.

And the RN is struggling, as in every election, to find a bank to lend it the 10.7 million euros in campaign expenses reimbursable by the State to candidates who qualify for the second round. An ambition that is nevertheless entirely within the reach of Marine Le Pen, who is well ahead in the polls.

The government announced this summer that it was seeking a solution with French banks to allow presidential candidates to obtain loans for their campaigns, citing the risk of foreign interference if the contenders for the Elysée had to turn to foreign establishments.

But several French groups, notably Société Générale (formerly the National Front bank which became the RN) and Banque Postale, have made definitive refusals because they "no longer finance political life, for any candidate or any election".

The RN has therefore once again submitted files to European banks.

In 2022, he obtained a loan of 10.6 million euros from a Hungarian bank.

For the 2027 campaign, the treasurer warned at the end of October at the congress in Orléans that "the party will be able to support a campaign at a normal pace until the end of this year". But, afterwards, he will have to “look for another solution”.

The deputy for Moselle pledged that the RN will repay its remaining debts by the vote on April 18 and May 2. Close to 19 million euros at the end of 2024, these liabilities were reduced to 10 million at the end of 2025 and stand at around 7 million today.

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