French rightwing candidate focuses on immigration as she slips to fifth in polls

Valerie Pecresse is trying to boost a flagging campaign that could split Les Republicains

The rightwing presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse has promised to rewrite the French constitution in order to fight crime and illegal immigration, as she tried to boost a flagging campaign that risks her party imploding if she fails to reach the final round next month.

I want to show that I'm ready to govern," Pecresse told journalists in Paris, vowing to restore order to the streets and to the public accounts".