The Latest: French Socialist candidate holding Paris rally
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Latest on the French presidential campaign (all times local):
6:20 p.m.
French Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon is holding a rally and concert in Paris four days before a vote likely to devastate his once-powerful party.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hamon is polling a distant fifth place ahead of Sunday's first-round election and has little chance of reaching the decisive May 7 runoff. He pledges a universal income, tax on robots and legal cannabis.
Crowds converged for a concert and Hamon speech at Place de la Republique, which has become a symbolic rallying place for the French left.
Some Socialist heavyweights are joining him at the event, though others are urging voters to choose centrist independent Emmanuel Macron instead.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hamon won the Socialist primary but the party is deeply divided, and Socialist President Francois Hollande is so unpopular that he's not seeking a second term.
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10:45 a.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says all the presidential contenders — and all French people — are potential attack targets.
The candidates for France's first-round presidential election Sunday have increased security in recent days. Authorities announced Tuesday that they had arrested two Islamic radicals suspected of plotting a possible attack around the vote.
While prosecutors haven't identified the potential targets, Le Pen said on BFM television that "we are all targets. All the French."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Le Pen also defended her decision to force national French news network TF1 to take down the European flag during an interview Tuesday night. She said Wednesday that "I am a candidate in the election for the French republic" and said Europe is acting like France's "enemy."