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French court cancels Jean-Marie Le Pen suspension from Front National
Source: Reuters
French court cancels Jean-Marie Le Pen suspension from Front National
Reuters
Thursday 2 July 2015 15.01 BST
A French court cancelled Jean-Marie Le Pen’s suspension from the far-right Front party on Thursday in a ruling that could relaunch a public feud with his daughter and current party leader, Marine Le Pen.
By pushing her maverick father out of the party he founded four decades ago, Marine Le Pen was seeking to prevent him ruining her bid for power.
But her 86-year-old father went to the courts to be reinstated in the party.
“Mr Le Pen can from tomorrow morning ... start using his office again and all the means that were at his disposal and sit in all the bodies in which he was taking part as honorary president,” lawyer Frédéric Joachim told local media.
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Reuters
Thursday 2 July 2015 15.01 BST
A French court cancelled Jean-Marie Le Pen’s suspension from the far-right Front party on Thursday in a ruling that could relaunch a public feud with his daughter and current party leader, Marine Le Pen.
By pushing her maverick father out of the party he founded four decades ago, Marine Le Pen was seeking to prevent him ruining her bid for power.
But her 86-year-old father went to the courts to be reinstated in the party.
“Mr Le Pen can from tomorrow morning ... start using his office again and all the means that were at his disposal and sit in all the bodies in which he was taking part as honorary president,” lawyer Frédéric Joachim told local media.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/french-court-cancels-jean-marie-le-pen-suspension-from-front-national
