Le Pen: Marine Le Pen: The far right in France hopes for comeback

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The French have enormous complexes about the far right. Perhaps linked to a guilty conscience over the French State of Marshal Pétain in the Second World War.
They never feel the same way about the communists whom many people outside France think are just as bad.

Le Pen's daughter scents victory for resurgent far right
The Front National's leader-in-waiting is confident of winning a municipal election today in the classic heartland of French socialism, and pollsters agree with her. Jason Burke in Hénin-Beaumont reports on a campaign which may provide a model for hijacking a disgruntled working class eager for change
• Jason Burke
• The Observer, Sunday 5 July 2009

With a cheery "OK, let's go," Marine Le Pen leads her troop of activists down the steps of their campaign headquarters, through the narrow streets and into Hénin-Beaumont's weekend market. Bottle-blond hair, white stilettoes clicking on the pavement, white jeans a sharp contrast to the tracksuits around her, the 40-year-old former lawyer and far-right politician offers handshakes, leaflets, smiles and encouragement in her smoker's rasp.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/05/marine-le-pen-election-france