National Front leader Marine Le Pen eyes up France’s 2017 presidential election

On 29-30 November 2014, France’s far-right National Front annual congress tool place in Lyon.

The party re-elected its leader Marine Le Pen with a 100 percent mandate although she was the only candidate. It also confirmed closer ties with Russia (click here for more information), and Marine Le Pen’s 24-year-old niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen was voted onto the party’s central committee.

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ESO: Background information: French far-right National Front wins first ever seats in Senate http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-far-right-national-front-wins-first-ever-seats-in-senate/

ESO: Background information: French politics rocked by claims of anti-Sarkozy plot http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-politics-rocked-by-claims-of-anti-sarkozy-plot/

BBC News, 02.12.14: Le Pen's French National Front eyes route to power http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30280363

The Guardian, 30.11.14: Granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen elected to far-right party’s committee http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/30/granddaughter-of-jean-marie-le-pen-elected-far-right-front-national-party

ESO: Background information: Far-right leaders vow to 'save Europe' at French gathering http://www.europeansources.info/record/far-right-leaders-vow-to-save-europe-at-french-gathering/

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