Marine Le Pen third place finish vindicates decision to tone down far-Right party

When it appeared she was losing momentum, she returned to the party
“fundamentals” of immigration and security, especially in the wake of a
shooting spree by a home-grown Islamist militant last month.

Her father, who handed the reins of the party to his daughter last year, last
night denied he had been “eclipsed” by his daughter but said: “I passed her
the baton, she runs faster than me, then so much better.”

Miss Le Pen insists the FN is not racist but simply a “patriotic” party
similar to Britain’s Ukip and its “opposition to the totalitarian character
of the EU and its desire to remove people’s sovereignty”.

Nicolas Sarkozy addressed all of the issues on her agenda and took a tough
line on immigration in his campaign, as part of a bid to woo FN voters whose
support is crucial if he is to beat François Hollande, but the ploy appears
to have failed.

Miss Le Pen has in turn warned her supporters not to vote for a man “who’s
already history”.

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