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| Marine Le Pen could win presidential election in 2017, French PM admits | Marine Le Pen could win presidential election in 2017, French PM admits |
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| France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said far-right leader Marine Le Pen had a chance at winning next year's presidential election, boosted by the momentum of Donald Trump's shock win in the United States. | |
| While attending a Berlin economic conference, Mr Valls said "It's possible," the populist candidate of France's anti-immigration National Front could win. | |
| Le Pen is widely tipped to reach the second round of the election on May 7, where she would face either a candidate of the left or the right. | Le Pen is widely tipped to reach the second round of the election on May 7, where she would face either a candidate of the left or the right. |
| Warning of "the danger presented by the extreme right", Valls said: "This means that the balance of politics will change completely." | |
| Mr Valls stressed the differnece between Trump and Le Pen that despite his "worrying" speeches amd proposals - the US President-elect is the head of a mainstream party. | |
| Marine Le Pen has been leader of the French National Front since 2011 when she succeeded her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, the party's founder. | |
| More to follow | More to follow |