Author (Person) | Carnegy, Hugh |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 22.2.12 |
Publication Date | 22/02/2012 |
Content Type | News |
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, suffered a rebuff in her presidential campaign on the 21 February 2012 when the country’s Constitutional Council rejected her appeal to keep secret the names of elected officials needed to validate a candidate’s entry into the race. Ms Le Pen, who was running in third place in the opinion polls had complained bitterly that a rule forcing the publication of the names of those endorsing candidates had left her struggling to reach the total of 500 elected backers required to qualify for the ballot. |
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Countries / Regions | France |