Marine Le Pen to run as presidential candidate in France

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has obtained the backing of 500 elected officials required to be a candidate in the April-May presidential election, The Telegraph reported.

“I have my 500 signatures and therefore I will be a candidate in the presidential election,” Le Pen was quoted as telling Reuters.

A failure by Le Pen to gather the requisite support by March 16 could have rocked the election race with French far-right voters likely to have switched support to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is behind Socialist Francois Hollande in most opinion polls.  Read more... (266 words)

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