Berlin (AFP) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen had a chance of winning next year's presidential election, boosted by the momentum of Donald Trump's shock victory in the United States.
"It's possible," Valls said in response to a question at an economic conference in Berlin on whether the candidate of France's anti-immigration National Front could win in light of the US upset.
"All the opinion polls have the candidate Marine Le Pen making it to the second round" of France's presidential race in May, the Socialist premier said. ...
"If she does make it to the second round, she will face either a candidate of the left or the right. This means that the balance of politics will change completely," he added, warning of "the danger presented by the extreme right".
There is growing concern in France that the same wave of populist, anti-globalisation anger that carried Trump to the White House and saw Britons vote to leave the EU could hand Le Pen the keys to the Elysee Palace. ...
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