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Far-right National Front leader and candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen answers the medias after he casts his ballot at a polling station in Saint-Cloud, on April 22, 2007, for the first round of
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INA.fr on Twitter: "21 avril 2002 - Election présidentielle : Jacques Chirac et Jean-Marie Le Pen au second tour https://t.co/rfjcl0qYJc https://t.co/svXXprmA2a" / Twitter
Benjamin Leruth on Twitter: "On 21 April 2002, I was having dinner with my family when this happened. We were all baffled, as were millions of people. 20 years later, here are
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![French National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen (R) says goodbye to his daughter Marine after a conference in Lomme, Northern France May 30, 2002. Marine Le Pen is candidate in the French National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen (R) says goodbye to his daughter Marine after a conference in Lomme, Northern France May 30, 2002. Marine Le Pen is candidate in the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3F47A/french-national-front-leader-jean-marie-le-pen-r-says-goodbye-to-his-daughter-marine-after-a-conference-in-lomme-northern-france-may-30-2002-marine-le-pen-is-candidate-in-the-forthcoming-french-parliamentary-elections-in-lens-against-socialist-deputy-jean-claude-bois-2D3F47A.jpg)
French National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen (R) says goodbye to his daughter Marine after a conference in Lomme, Northern France May 30, 2002. Marine Le Pen is candidate in the
Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian
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Supporters of French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen carry flags and campaign posters during a march in Paris, May 1, 2002. Thousands of supporters join Le Pen for a
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Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian
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