FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LE PEN PRESSER IN PARIS
Far-right candidate to France's presidential elections Jean-Marie Le Pen speaks to foreign journalists during a press conference in Paris, April 19, 2007. Le Pen, standing in his fifth and probably final presidential election, is a former paratrooper who sees immigration as the source of France's ills. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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If momentum and popular enthusiasm can transform a country's politics, France faces a dramatic shock in Sunday's first round of presidential elections.
Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right Front National, attacked French President Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview released Wednesday.
France's far-right National Front has chosen as its head the group's "first daughter" Marine Le Pen, who is set to unnerve President Nicolas Sarkozy in the run-up to next year's elections.
Marine Le Pen Sunday took over leadership of France's far-right National Front from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
France's far-right National Front party has elected the daughter of its leader for 40 years to run the group, media reports said.
The daughter of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen plans to take over his National Front party.
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen plans to appeal his conviction for denying the Nazis committed crimes against humanity during the World War II era.
French far-right extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen faces a year in prison if he is convicted of denying Nazi crimes against humanity.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the right-wing Front National, told his followers Tuesday they should abstain from the upcoming presidential vote.
Voters in France's presidential election sent the two top candidates into a runoff campaign in the closest race the country has seen in years.
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