"CNBC" said : Marine Le Pen is on course to be France's next president, Leonie Hill Capital's Arun Kant says

Le Pen, a former attorney, is leader of the French National Front (FN), a right-wing political party founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen. Still, Kant's prediction of a Le Pen victory is definitely not the consensus call. Most election-watchers expect, however, that Le Pen would lose the second round of voting to Macron. As of Tuesday, betting markets implied about a 30 percent chance of Le Pen winning the presidency. "What is at stake in this election ... is whether France can still be a free nation," Le Pen said at that rally, according to Reuters.


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Marine Le Pen top aide put under formal investigation

Everything indicates so," Le Pen said. The chief of staff of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was put under formal investigation on Wednesday after a day of questioning over the alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants, a judicial source said. (Reuters)The chief of staff of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was put under formal investigation on Wednesday after a day of questioning over the alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants, a judicial source said. Catherine Griset was taken into custody for questioning along with Le Pen's bodyguard Thierry Legier, who was later released without being put under investigation, according to the source. In reaction to the news, Le Pen said that she formally denied any wrongdoing in a case that she said was being used to undermine her campaign."There is a very big risk of the justice system being manipulated.


"I mainly think the struggle against radical Islam should be a joint struggle and everyone should say, 'There, we are sacrificing something,'" Le Pen said. Does it, as Le Pen argues, cause religious minorities to assimilate into the mainstream, making them less susceptible to the allure of "radical Islam"? Le Pen espouses an extreme version of laïcité, one that contends that "sacrificing" religious particularism is essential to creating a universalist, neutral, cohesive society. In relatively multicultural Quebec, the employment rate for second-generation Muslim women is the same as for Anglo-Canadian women. "Many young Muslim women feel an underlying resentment.


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