National Front leader optimistic ahead of local polls

French far right party leader Marine Le Pen says she has high hopes for the National Front at the upcoming local elections during a campaign visit with the Henin-Beaumont candidate Steeve Briois. Duration: 01:03

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4 months ago

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Politics & Government, Europe

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Marine Le Pen

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France, Henin-Beaumont

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SHOTLIST HENIN-BEAUMONT, FRANCE, 21 MARCH 2014, SOURCE: AFPTV IMAGES: - VAR of Marine Le Pen in Henin-Beaumont National Front campaign headquarters - VAR of Marine Le Pen with National Front candidate Steeve Briois in streets - VAR of Marine Le Pen and Steeve Briois in a cafe SOUNDBITE 1 - Marine Le Pen (woman), President of the National Front (French, 20 sec) (reaction to Sarkozy's editorial): "I think that 2 days before the local elections, I think it is very objectionable and reprochable to have stirred things up again, with insults and fighting between the political parties, when the French people want us to focus on them, that's what should happen in a local election." SOUNDBITE 2 - Marine Le Pen (woman), President of the National Front (French, 22 sec): "I have high hopes, as you know, that the year 2014 will be the year of a strong National Front showing at a local level, that we will exceed one thousand elected representatives, that we will win in some towns, I know it is complicated, we are alone against everyone, we are a free and autonomous force."