Marine Le Pen - Revision history

Clementine Boucher at 11:08, 25 November 2016

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Hilary Aked at 10:28, 17 December 2015

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Hilary Aked at 10:21, 17 December 2015

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Melissa Jones at 02:38, 28 October 2015

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Melissa Jones: /* Hate speech charges over Islam comments */

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Hate speech charges over Islam comments

Melissa Jones at 02:33, 28 October 2015

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Melissa Jones at 02:10, 28 October 2015

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Melissa Jones at 02:07, 28 October 2015

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Melissa Jones at 02:06, 28 October 2015

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 In December 2015, she led the [[Front National]] to victory in six out of 12 of the first round regional elections. However in the second round a huge turn out in reaction to the FN's success prevented the party from taking control of any regional power. Overall the party still polled an estimated 7 million votes nationwide and Le Pen declared herself a potential winner of the French presidential elections, due in 2017.<ref>John Lichfield, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-election-results-national-front-national-marine-le-pen-exit-poll-a6771876.html France election: Front National fails to win a single region in second round of voting – but Marine Le Pen insists she's still on course for presidency], The Independent, 14 December 2015</ref>
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+==Legal issues==
 In October 2015 Le Pen went on trial for inciting racial hatred, having compared Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation during a party rally in Lyon in 2010. She denies the charge, defending her comments as merely 'expressing political ideas' and has accused the French government and justice minister [[Christiane Taubiraof]] of waging 'a real judicial persecution' of her and the Front National.<ref> Angelique Chrisafis,[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/20/marine-le-pen-front-national-accuses-government Marine Le Pen accuses French government of persecution], The ''Guardian'', 20 October 2015 17.37 BST, accessed 28 October 2015 </ref>
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 Le Pen's parliamentary immunity was lifted in 2013 by the European Parliament in order for the prosecution to proceed.
 Human rights groups however expressed outrage over the recommendation by the French state prosecutor [[Bernard Reynaud]] during the trial that Le Pen be acquitted as she was 'simply exercising her right to free speech'. <ref>Adam Nossiteroct, [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/world/europe/marine-le-pen-french-national-front-leader-speaks-at-her-hate-speech-trial.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0  Marine Le Pen, French National Front Leader, Speaks at Her Hate-Speech Trial] 20 October 2015, accessed 27 October 2015 </ref>
 ==Affiliations==
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 ====Election Campaign 2009====
 Marine Le Pen did not pledge to any of the four issues presented by the [http://www.electioncampaign.eu/ Election Campaign].<ref>Election Campaign, [http://www.electioncampaign.eu/ Marine Le Pen], accessed 05 June 2009.</ref>
 ==Personal Information==

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 ====Election Campaign 2009====
 Marine Le Pen did not pledge to any of the four issues presented by the [http://www.electioncampaign.eu/ Election Campaign].<ref>Election Campaign, [http://www.electioncampaign.eu/ Marine Le Pen], accessed 05 June 2009.</ref>
 ==Personal Information==

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	Since June 2015 she has been co-chair of the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Europe of Nations and Freedom Group]], which the Front National set up in 2014 with far right Flemish party [[Vlaams Belang]].		Since June 2015 she has been co-chair of the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Europe of Nations and Freedom Group]], which the Front National set up in 2014 with far right Flemish party [[Vlaams Belang]].
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		+	In December 2015, she led the [[Front National]] to victory in six out of 12 of the first round regional elections. However in the second round a huge turn out in reaction to the FN's success prevented the party from taking control of any regional power. Overall the party still polled an estimated 7 million votes nationwide and Le Pen declared herself a potential winner of the French presidential elections, due in 2017.<ref>John Lichfield, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-election-results-national-front-national-marine-le-pen-exit-poll-a6771876.html France election: Front National fails to win a single region in second round of voting – but Marine Le Pen insists she's still on course for presidency], The Independent, 14 December 2015</ref>

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 In October 2015 Le Pen went on trial for inciting racial hatred, having compared Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation during a party rally in Lyon in 2010. She denies the charge, defending her comments as merely 'expressing political ideas' and has accused the French government and justice minister [[Christiane Taubiraof]] of waging 'a real judicial persecution' of her and the Front National.<ref> Angelique Chrisafis,[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/20/marine-le-pen-front-national-accuses-government Marine Le Pen accuses French government of persecution], The ''Guardian'', 20 October 2015 17.37 BST, accessed 28 October 2015 </ref>
-Anti-racism and Muslim rights groups had filed a complaint against Le Pen's comments about mass Muslim prayers on French streets in several cities including Paris, which were mostly the result of insufficient mosque space according to the ''New York Times''. She said that:
+Anti-racism and Muslim rights groups had filed a complaint against Le Pen's comments about mass Muslim prayers on French streets in several cities including Paris, which were mostly the result of insufficient mosque space according to the ''New York Times''
 :'If you want to talk about the occupation, let’s talk about that, by the way, because here we are talking about the occupation of our space,' she said in 2010. 'It’s an occupation of entire stretches of territory, of neighborhoods where religious law is applied. This is an occupation. Sure, there are no armored vehicles, no soldiers, but it’s still an occupation, and it weighs on the inhabitants.'

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 ==Hate speech charges over Islam comments==
-In October 2015 Le Pen appeared on trial for hate-speech, having compared Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation' during a party rally in Lyon in 2010. She denies the charge, claiming she was merely 'expressing political ideas' and has accused the French government and  justice minister [[Christiane Taubiraof]] of waging 'a real judicial persecution' of her and the Front National.<ref> Angelique Chrisafis,[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/20/marine-le-pen-front-national-accuses-government Marine Le Pen accuses French government of persecution], The ''Guardian'', 20 October 2015 17.37 BST, accessed 28 October 2015 </ref>
+In October 2015 Le Pen was on trial for hate speech, having compared Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation' during a party rally in Lyon in 2010. She denies the charge, defending her comments as merely 'expressing political ideas' and has accused the French government and justice minister [[Christiane Taubiraof]] of waging 'a real judicial persecution' of her and the Front National.<ref> Angelique Chrisafis,[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/20/marine-le-pen-front-national-accuses-government Marine Le Pen accuses French government of persecution], The ''Guardian'', 20 October 2015 17.37 BST, accessed 28 October 2015 </ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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−	[[Image:Marine Le Pen.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Marine Le Pen, MEP]]'''Marine Le Pen''' (born 05 August 1968, Neuilly sur Seine) is the leader of the far right French party the [[Front National]]. She has been an MEP since 2004<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28210 MEP Directory: Marine Le Pen], accessed 30 November 2010.</ref> and was a lawyer during the 1990s.	+	[[Image:Marine Le Pen.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Marine Le Pen, MEP and leader of the French far right political party Front National]]'''Marine Le Pen''' (born 05 August 1968, Neuilly sur Seine) is the leader of the far right French party the [[Front National]]. She has been an MEP since 2004<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28210 MEP Directory: Marine Le Pen], accessed 30 November 2010.</ref> and was a lawyer during the 1990s.

	Marine Le Pen is the daughter of the Front National's founder [[Jean Marie Le Pen]], who she succeeded as leader in 2011.		Marine Le Pen is the daughter of the Front National's founder [[Jean Marie Le Pen]], who she succeeded as leader in 2011.

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 Marine Le Pen is the daughter of the Front National's founder [[Jean Marie Le Pen]], who she succeeded as leader in 2011.
-She is co-chair of the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Europe of Nations and Freedom Group]].
+Since June 2015 she has been co-chair of the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Europe of Nations and Freedom Group]], which the Front National set up in 2014 with far right Flemish party [[Vlaams Belang]].
 ==Hate speech charges over Islam comments==