Fresh faces, trusted lieutenants and defectors from France’s mainstream conservative party — Marine Le Pen’s team of candidates is ready to go for the European election.
The leader of the French National Rally unveiled her selection Sunday at Paris’ Maison de la Mutualité conference center, showing her hand months before voters head to the polls in 27 countries to elect a new European Parliament.
With a 23-year-old party devotee at the head of her list and a transplant from the mainstream conservative Les Républicains party also running, Le Pen is betting she can capitalize on her party’s existing appeal with youth voters …read more
Source: European Voice