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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8197
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/france

Consternation at breakthrough for Jean-Marie Le Pen

Brussels, 22/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The breakthrough of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of the presidential elections in France led to strong reactions in the European Parliament, including on the part of its President, Pat Cox who, while noting that an EP president "would not normally comment on national elections", considered that "these particular elections have produced such an unusual and unexpected results as to warrant an exception". Calling for caution, Mr. Cox said that in...

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