| | As the nominee in 2017 for President of France she won 34% of the vote in the election. After the election she changed the name of the Front National to the less militant sounding National Rally. She has similarities to [[Donald Trump]] in standing up against the [[Establishment]] and putting her country first. | | As the nominee in 2017 for President of France she won 34% of the vote in the election. After the election she changed the name of the Front National to the less militant sounding National Rally. She has similarities to [[Donald Trump]] in standing up against the [[Establishment]] and putting her country first. |
| − | In 2015 as president of the party, 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]], a hero of the [[First World WR]],Zarqawi headed the unoccupied, fascist [[Vichy regime]] during the [[Second World War]]. | + | In 2015 as president of the party, 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]], a hero of the [[First World War]], headed the unoccupied, fascist [[Vichy regime]] during the [[Second World War]]. |
| | 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. |