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Le Pen announced the departure from the post of party head during the election
The leader of the French National Front party, Marine Le Pen, announced that he was leaving the post of head of the party during the election campaign. It is reported by the BBC.
Le Pen explained her decision by the fact that she wants to be "above party considerations."
“I always believed that the president of the republic is the president of all the French,” Le Pen said, adding that “now we need to move from words to deed.”
The presidential candidate also stated that she was no longer a candidate from the National Front, but “a“ candidate for the presidential election, who wants to unite people around the program for the hope, prosperity and security of all the French. ”
On April 21, the first round of the presidential election was held in France. After counting the votes in the second round , Marine Le Pen and the founder of the forward movement Emmanuel Macron, gaining 21.43% and 23.86% of the vote, respectively.
Former France Prime Minister Francois Fillon received 19.94% of the vote, the leader of the Fridged France movement Jean-Luke Melanshon-19.62%. The second round of voting is Nazannan on May 7.
After the announcement of the preliminary results of the first round of elections, a protest rally began in Paris. Protesters beat windows, bus stops, as well as windows of police cars. Most of the participants in the action were detained by applying tear gas.