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The Power of Le Pen

The Front National was once regarded as a marginal, extremist political party, but economic turmoil in Europe has thrust it into the mainstream of French politics. Robert Peston as

The Front National was once regarded as a marginal, extremist political party, but economic turmoil in Europe has thrust it into the mainstream of French Politics. Charismatic leader, Marine le Pen, helped secure a historic victory for the party in the European Elections, and now has her sights set on the Elysee Palace. In a series of interviews for Our World, conducted before and after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Robert Peston tries to understand what�s behind her extraordinary rise, and asks if she could really be president?

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Fri 6 Mar 2015 03:30GMT

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