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Watch: Ukip MEP squares up to Front National founder and Holocaust-denier Jean-Marie Le Pen Watch: Ukip MEP squares up to Front National founder and Holocaust-denier Jean-Marie Le Pen
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Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe has had an angry stand-off with Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front party.Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe has had an angry stand-off with Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front party.
He pushed through Monsieur Le Pen's team as the far-right politician spoke to journalists and photographers in Brussels.He pushed through Monsieur Le Pen's team as the far-right politician spoke to journalists and photographers in Brussels.
But as soon as he realised cameras had picked up his rather petulant exchange, Mr Woolfe tried to blame it on a journalist.But as soon as he realised cameras had picked up his rather petulant exchange, Mr Woolfe tried to blame it on a journalist.
"I was not pushing you," he told Mr Le Pen, adding: "I was pushing him - the journalist stepped on me," he claimed."I was not pushing you," he told Mr Le Pen, adding: "I was pushing him - the journalist stepped on me," he claimed.
Mr Le Pen, an MEP for south east France, has never been far away from the headlines. Earlier this month he launched a scathing attack on his daughter, who succeeded him as leader of Front National, the party he led in five French Presidential elections. Mr Le Pen, an MEP for south-east France, has never been far away from the headlines. Earlier this month he launched a scathing attack on his daughter, who succeeded him as leader of Front National, the party he led in five French Presidential elections.
He said he hoped she would marry soon and change her last name after she suspended him from the anti-immigration party for repeating his view of the Holocaust as a "detail of history".He said he hoped she would marry soon and change her last name after she suspended him from the anti-immigration party for repeating his view of the Holocaust as a "detail of history".
Despite their shared anti-immigration and anti-EU stance, Ukip and the French National Front are not allies in the European Parliament.Despite their shared anti-immigration and anti-EU stance, Ukip and the French National Front are not allies in the European Parliament.
Ms Le Pen accused Mr Farage of "political dirty tricks" and "media stunts" last summer after she failed to form an official group in the European Parliament.Ms Le Pen accused Mr Farage of "political dirty tricks" and "media stunts" last summer after she failed to form an official group in the European Parliament.
Her Front National and its hard-right allies from four other EU countries lost about €22m (£17.6m) in public subsidies when they fell short of the seven nationalities they needed to form a political group in Strasbourg.Her Front National and its hard-right allies from four other EU countries lost about €22m (£17.6m) in public subsidies when they fell short of the seven nationalities they needed to form a political group in Strasbourg.