Million Viewers Dept: Le Pen, the likely next far-right challenger for the French presidency, compared overflowing mosques in France with the Nazi occupation remarks indicative of a drift to the right in parts of Europe that could let the National Front eat into support for the ruling conservative UMP party in 2012, according to The Star. My comments were absolutely not a blunder, but a completely thought-out analysis, Le Pen told a news conference, adding she was merely saying out loud what everyone thought privately and pARIS Marine Le Pen has put paid to the idea she would put a softer face on France s National Front for elections in 2012 with anti-Muslim comments that have aroused a storm of criticism. Le Pen, the front-runner to succeed her father Jean-Marie Le Pen as head of the party, made the comments on a television show last Thursday with about 3.4 million viewers watching. On Monday she dismissed any suggestion of a gaffe. As
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@t french presidency, nazi occupation
14.12.10