![French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2d3pkta/french-extreme-right-national-front-party-leader-jean-marie-le-pen-addresses-supporters-at-his-campaign-headquarters-in-saint-cloud-near-paris-april-21-2002-after-beating-french-socialist-prime-minister-lionel-jospin-in-the-first-round-to-face-president-jacques-chiracd-in-a-may-5-2002-runoff-reutersjohn-schults-malclh-2d3pkta.jpg)
French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
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France National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen along with his daughter Marine (L) and his wife sing the French national anthem during a political rally in Lille February 25, 2007. The
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France's far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen listens during an interview with Reuters in his offices in Saint Cloud near Paris on Monday June 26, 2006. [Le Pen, who caused an
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