Overview

• Le Pen arrived at Matignon on October 3 without RN president Jordan Bardella and carried a kitten in a pet transport box, which she tried to conceal, according to reporters on site.
• A close associate said the kitten was from a litter born at her home and requires hand-feeding, a claim reported in the coverage but not independently verified.
• After meeting Sébastien Lecornu, Le Pen called the choice to forgo Article 49.3 more respectful of democracy and said she will gauge the government's direction with the upcoming general policy speech.
• She cautioned that for the Rassemblement National it would be rupture or censure, criticizing elements shared so far as vague or poorly calibrated.
• The optics tie to her documented cat-breeding activity since 2020, with up to €5,777 in annual income declared to the HATVP after a corrected filing reported by Le Canard Enchaîné.