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France's Jean-Marie Le Pen won't run for seat

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front, said April 13 he would not seek its ticket to stand in regional polls, taking some of the sting out of a damaging public row with his daughter Marine, the party's current leader.

The 86-year-old had said April 2 that Nazi gas chambers were a "detail" of World War II — a view he has expressed before.

But after saying April 13 he would not stand for office, he said in an interview that he was "disappointed" in his daughter and wouldn't quit politics. (Reuters)

仏極右政党のルペン前党首、地方選挙断念

仏極右政党「国民戦線」を創設したジャンマリ・ルペン前党首は4月13日、12月の地方選への出馬を断念したと発表した。娘のマリ・ルペン党首は退陣を求めていた。

The Japan Times ST: April 24, 2015