For the first time ever, Marine Le Pen’s National Front is in the lead for the European elections scheduled for 2014 in France, according to an IFOP poll. The survey was conducted for Le Nouvel Observateur and shows the party as being two points ahead of the right-wing UMP and five ahead of the socialists. Le Pen wants the National Front to stop being called ‘far-right’ and has threatened to file lawsuits against anyone who continues to use this appellation.
The poll shows that it looks on the road to becoming the largest party in France, as its leader has been saying for weeks. Support for it has risen – especially as concerns the European elections – due to its violent campaign against the EU and the euro and the proportional system in place for these elections.
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