French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen said on Thursday his newly-formed party would field candidates in next year's parliamentary elections, in a direct challenge to his daughter who excluded him from the National Front (FN) party he founded.
He said he would not hesitate to field candidates in constituencies where the FN is running, which would diminish the chances of any far-right candidate to win seats in France's lower house of parliament. Parliamentary elections are scheduled for June next year, after presidential polls in April and May.
Marine Le Pen, who now heads the FN, forced her father out of the party last year over comments playing down the Nazi Holocaust. The feud burst into the open after she sought to soften the anti-immigration party's image to help her quest for power. ...
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