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Hoping to repeat his shock 2002 election performance in which he made it to a runoff with President Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen has undergone a major image makeover. Guided by his youngest daughter and campaign strategist, Marine, the leader of the far-right National Front uses softer language to sell more inclusive policies. Although he's currently polling around 13%, French analysts warn that similarly low numbers had preceded his 2002 shock second-place finish. Marine Le Pen discussed her father's evolution and prospects with TIME's Bruce Crumley...
...Education Minister. He has been rising in the polls more rapidly than Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal and is positioned to determine who will be France's next President. He will be able to sway votes to either Sarkozy or Royal-or even become Jacques Chirac's successor. Michael Bayer, New York City...
...Education Minister. He has been rising in the polls more rapidly than Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal and is positioned to determine who will be France's next President. He will be able to sway votes to either Sarkozy or Royal - or even become Jacques Chirac's successor. Michael Bayer, NEW YORK CITY...
...Although his political achievements are the subject of debate, Jacques Chirac's campaign-musical legacy remains unsurpassed. Composed for his 1981 presidential campaign, "Jacques Chirac - Now!" features choirs, saxophone solos and unashamedly partisan lyrics. Pop-aganda par excellence...
...traded weapons, in exchange for oil, to an Angolan government then fighting a brutal civil war. (A year earlier, he had received a suspended sentence for tax evasion.) Gaydamak fled France to avoid arrest - even though he is a member of the Legion D'Honneur, inducted by President Jacques Chirac most likely in gratitude for Gaydamak's help in securing the release of Frenchmen who'd been taken hostage by Serb paramilitaries in 1995. While in Israel, Gaydamak has been investigated for money laundering. He insists his business practices are clean and that he made the bulk of his money...