Marine Le Pen said to be new leader of the French National Front Party

France’s far right National Front has chosen Marine Le Pen as its new leader, replacing her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, party officials say. The results will be officially announced on January 16, but party sources said she had secured about two-thirds of members’ votes. Mr Le Pen is stepping down after leading the ultra-nationalist party,…

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    Le maire MPF d’Orange veut interdire le voile islamique dans sa commune

    Le maire d’Orange Jacques Bompard, ex-Front-National, et adh_rent du Mouvement pour la France (MPF) a sollicit_ le p_fet du Vaucluse en vue de “l’interdiction du port du voile islamique” dans sa commune, dans un courrier rendu public mercredi. “J’ai l’honneur par la pr_sente de solliciter les serices de la pr_fecture afin d’_tudier en commun la…

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      On the right, the supporters of the Front National are more tolerant than those of the UMP with regards to the veil

      In an opinion poll of 1,011 people representative of the French population, 44% reported that they favored a prohibition of the Islamic veil in streets and public buildings. 17% were “very favorable” and 27% “rather favorable”. 21% were “very opposed,” and the rest (35%) were “rather opposed.” The question, however, has two parts: whether the…

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