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A New National Front? (part 2)

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On Sunday, the National Front will have a new leader, a sea change for a party led its founder Jean-Marie Le Pen for nearly three decades. Two candidates are competing for the leadership: Bruno Gollnisch, a party stalwart, and Marine Le Pen, who is none other than the youngest daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Marine is the clear favourite and she is expected to immediately declare her candidacy for the 2012 presidential election.

POLITICS
By Mounia BEN AÏSSA

On the set:

  • Philip TURLE, Journalist, RFI
  • Jean-Marc GONIN, Senior Writer, Le Figaro Magazine
  • Denis DEMONPION, Journalist, Le Point Magazine

A programme produced by Mounia Ben Aïssa

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