News - Marine Le Pen

13/12/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

'Buy French'

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Tue. 13/12/11: "Buy French" is the slogan of the moment for presidential candidates looking to boost industry. Centrist François Bayrou follows the pack, but forgets to check where his car was made. Meanwhile, far-right leader Marine Le Pen attacks a documentary on her National Front party without even having seen it.

13/12/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Areva goes into meltdown

The French nuclear giant Areva announces big losses and job cuts, worrying the papers who see the firm as a source of national prestige. We also talk about politics, as the number of presidential candidates on the right multiplies, and starts to worry Sarkozy.

09/12/2011 - CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES

Hollande's media team: control freaks or spin doctors?

Who in France stands to gain politically from the eurozone crisis? Also, François Hollande visits Berlin, but who calls the shots in the Socialist presidential candidate's team? And we find out why the pride of France - its wealth of cultural events - isn't immune to austerity measures.

02/12/2011 - CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES

Foreigners' voting rights: this year's hot topic?

When is a candidate not a candidate...and when should he pay for his campaign costs? Nicolas Sarkozy is under fire. Meanwhile, right and left cross swords over voting rights for non-EU foreigners, but are they both playing to the gallery? And we find out that life's not easy for entrepreneurs going solo, despite changes to the labour market.

25/11/2011 - CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES

Conservatives hit the campaign trail

The far-right cries foul over a technicality that could rule out their candidate, Marine Le Pen. Also, conservatives hit the campaign trail. President Sarkozy is not officially campaigning for his re-election yet, but his faithful lieutenants certainly are. Finally, we head to Brittany to meet a farmer who is fed up with environmentalists.

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21/11/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Schizo Sarko's very personal dilemma'

France's right-wing paper Le Figaro is overjoyed at the landslide for the Spanish right in general elections, while the left-wing Libération skips the historic Socialist defeat across the border to concentrate on President Nicolas Sarkozy who, it argues, faces "a very personal dilemma". That's the focus for this look at what the French papers are saying, Monday 21st November 2011.

17/11/2011 - POLITICS

Marine Le Pen: the new face of the far-right

This Saturday, far-right leader Marine Le Pen will officially launch her presidential campaign. While her stated aim is to win next spring's election, her hope is to replicate her father's performance in 2002, when he beat all predictions and reached the run-off. To do so, his daughter has worked hard to transform the National Front into a "normal" party. So who is Marine Le Pen? Is there truly a "new" National Front?

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08/11/2011 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

France unveils new austerity measures

France’s Prime Minister unveils new austerity measures, but are they too little too late? Also, we head to the United States where France's far-right party leader, Marine Le Pen, has been touring the country. She is campaigning as hard abroad as she is at home. Finally, Paris pays tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, with an exhibition of his cityscapes.

09/11/2011 - EUROPE

European far-right on the rise online

Inspired by the tens of thousands that have ‘liked’ far-right political groups such as France’s National Front party online, a new study published Monday examined who exactly are the supporters of Europe’s increasingly popular nationalist factions.

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04/11/2011 - FRANCE

Far-right leader Le Pen meets with ambassadors at UN

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen (right), was at United Nations headquarters for lunch on Thursday with several ambassadors, speaking briefly with Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor (left).

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