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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.

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, fascist [[Vichy France]] during [[World War II]].

In 2016, she was ranked as second-most influential MEP in the European Parliament by ''[[Politico]]'', behind the President of the European Parliament, an ex-Westphalian mayor with low name recognition.

In 2016, she was ranked as second-most influential MEP in the European Parliament by ''[[Politico]]'', behind the President of the European Parliament, an ex-Westphalian mayor with low name recognition.