At the Salon de l'Agriculture (Agricultural Fair, Eds.) in Paris, the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National/RN, Eds.) party's presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, demands that current president Emmanuel Macron officially declares his candidacy "to take stock of his five years" in charge and to accept the "debate of ideas". The deadline of March 4 marks the end of the period for collecting the required minimum of 500 sponsorships from elected officials. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES