As a schoolgirl, Marine Le Pen was teased that she must be a fascist because her father was one.
It is a charge the former lawyer who heads France's far-right National Front (FN) has worked hard to shake off in the political playground.
And on the evidence of Sunday's European election results, the TV-friendly blonde has succeeded.
The association with Jean-Marie Le Pen's multiple covictions for inciting racial hatred and holocaust denial means the FN remains an untouchable political grouping for many, including the leader of Britain's equally Eurosceptic UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage.
But it seems French voters are increasingly persuaded that Marine Le Pen, 45, is a different political animal to her father: either that or they are so thoroughly fed up with the established political parties that they are willing to offer her the benefit of the doubt.
With 80 percent of the ballots counted, official results put Le Pen's party on course to comfortably top the polls with 25 percent of votes cast. Full story...
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It is a charge the former lawyer who heads France's far-right National Front (FN) has worked hard to shake off in the political playground.
And on the evidence of Sunday's European election results, the TV-friendly blonde has succeeded.
The association with Jean-Marie Le Pen's multiple covictions for inciting racial hatred and holocaust denial means the FN remains an untouchable political grouping for many, including the leader of Britain's equally Eurosceptic UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage.
But it seems French voters are increasingly persuaded that Marine Le Pen, 45, is a different political animal to her father: either that or they are so thoroughly fed up with the established political parties that they are willing to offer her the benefit of the doubt.
With 80 percent of the ballots counted, official results put Le Pen's party on course to comfortably top the polls with 25 percent of votes cast. Full story...
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