| | '''Marine Le Pen''' (5 August, 1968) is the candidate for President of [[France]] for the [[Front National]], a [[French]] political party, in the Spring 2017 elections. Her campaign prioritizes the national interests of France, a rejection of [[globalism]], an exit from the [[eurozone]], a reduction of [[immigration]], and an increase in security, as well as socioeconomic issues and the [[sovereignty]] of the French state, on matters of currency, borders, the economy, and the rule of law. | | '''Marine Le Pen''' (5 August, 1968) is the candidate for President of [[France]] for the [[Front National]], a [[French]] political party, in the Spring 2017 elections. Her campaign prioritizes the national interests of France, a rejection of [[globalism]], an exit from the [[eurozone]], a reduction of [[immigration]], and an increase in security, as well as socioeconomic issues and the [[sovereignty]] of the French state, on matters of currency, borders, the economy, and the rule of law. |
| − | As the nominee in 2012 for President of France the FN won a surprisingly large 20% of the vote in the election on April 22. Marine Le Pen has continued to build her movement ever since. | + | As the nominee in 2012 for President of France the FN won a surprisingly large 20% of the vote in the election on April 22. Marine Le Pen has continued to build her movement ever since. She has similarities to [[Donald Trump[[ in standing up against the [[Establishment]] and putting her country first. |
| | In 2015 as president of the FN, Marine fired her father [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], the founder of the FN from any position or leadership. She has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" with renovated positions and new ideas, purging members accused of Petainism, racism, and antisemitism. [[Henri Petain|Marshall Petain]] headed unoccupied [[Vichy France]] during [[World War II]] and [[Charles DeGaulle]] was its main opposition head. | | In 2015 as president of the FN, Marine fired her father [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], the founder of the FN from any position or leadership. She has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" with renovated positions and new ideas, purging members accused of Petainism, racism, and antisemitism. [[Henri Petain|Marshall Petain]] headed unoccupied [[Vichy France]] during [[World War II]] and [[Charles DeGaulle]] was its main opposition head. |