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Marine Le Pen, president of French far-right party Front National
Marine Le Pen, president of French far-right party Front National
Le Pen has said she will give her "opinion" on May 1 on who to back
Marine Le Pen celebrates with supporters during the election night rally
Marine Le Pen celebrates with supporters during the election night rally
Marine Le Pen celebrates with supporters during the election night rally
Marine Le Pen celebrates with supporters during the election night rally
Former leader of French far right party Front National (FN) Jean-Marie Le Pen (L) and his wife Jany share a toast
Marine Le Pen celebrates with supporters during the election night rally
Marine Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen (L) and his wife Jany share a toast with supporters
Former leader of French far right party Front National (FN) Jean-Marie Le Pen (L) and his wife Jany share a toast
A low turnout may favour far-right candidate Marine Le Pen
Le Pen now has the required 500 signatures to stand in the April-May vote, the sources said
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections
Front National meeting is held in Nice, France, in the lead up to the 2009 European elections

Chinese buyer of Burgundy wine chateau identified

The Chinese businessman whose purchase of a top French wine estate has triggered an angry backlash is Louis Ng, a top executive for Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho, the Wine Spectator reported.
 

Row escalates over sale of Burgundy estate to Chinese

France's far-right Front National (FN) on Thursday weighed into a row over the sale of a historic Burgundy chateau and its coveted vineyards to a Chinese businessman.
 

French left bids to cement power in parliament vote

France votes in the opening round of a parliamentary election on Sunday with President Francois Hollande's Socialists and their left-wing allies expected to emerge with a clear majority.
 

Hollande backs immigration cap before French vote

French Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande toughened his stance on immigration Friday in a campaign increasingly fought on themes dear to the far right.
 

Hollande, Sarkozy in TV battle as French vote looms

French presidential rivals Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande take their duel to the airwaves on Thursday, appearing back-to-back but not face-to-face as they woo far-right voters.
 

France's far-right Le Pen returns to roots with halal claims

LILLE, France (Reuters) - French far right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immigration, claiming all meat in Paris was halal, as she tries to head off President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempts to lure her supporters.
 

France's far-right returns to roots with halal claims

LILLE, France (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immigration Sunday, saying all meat in Paris was halal, as she tries to head off President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempts to lure her supporters.
 

French far right uses halal accusation to woo voters

LILLE, France (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immigration on Sunday, accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of bowing to Muslim pressure over how animals are killed for meat, to try to head off his attempts to poach her supporters.
 

Europe braces for extremist gains in elections

Voter discontent could spell extremist and fringe gains in European elections. In some of Manchester's bleakest neighborhoods where unemployment is rife and anxiety about an immigration influx is palpable, one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's worst fears is unfolding before Thursday's European Union elections.
 

Far-right party eyes first Euro MP

Streets dotted with boarded-up pubs; English flags fluttering from passing cars: Moston is fertile ground for the British National Party (BNP), battling for its first European MP.
 

Far-right party eyes first EU lawmaker

Streets dotted with boarded-up pubs; English flags fluttering from passing cars: Moston is fertile ground for the British National Party (BNP), battling for its first European lawmaker.