French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was seen at Trump Tower on Thursday (Jan 12) but a spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said she was not meeting with him or his team.
France's far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who wants to become president in next spring's elections, celebrated Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
2016 has had enough of surprises in world politics, from the Brexit vote to US presidential election. In November, France had its first taste.
Former prime minister Francois Fillon is favourite to become the French centre-right's presidential candidate after a voting upset that puts him in pole position for a showdown with far right leader Marine Le Pen in next year's election.
With a major gain, first such performance in four decades, French far-right National Front (FN) topped the race to the European Parliament (EP) more than a week ago with 24.85 percent of the vote, outpacing the conservatives that garnered 20.8 percent and pushed the Socialist Party (PS) to third place with a poor score of 13.98 percent.
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