![French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3PKTA/french-extreme-right-national-front-party-leader-jean-marie-le-pen-addresses-supporters-at-his-campaign-headquarters-in-saint-cloud-near-paris-april-21-2002-after-beating-french-socialist-prime-minister-lionel-jospin-in-the-first-round-to-face-president-jacques-chiracd-in-a-may-5-2002-runoff-reutersjohn-schults-malclh-2D3PKTA.jpg)
French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
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The Conversation on Twitter: "The mood in France has changed since 2002 when Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the second round of the #FrenchElection https://t.co/8RpYiQBXAa https://t.co/A9Wxk4xXf9" / Twitter
![FN leader and presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen holds a press conferences in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, on March 30, 2007. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy FN leader and presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen holds a press conferences in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, on March 30, 2007. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E74NHJ/fn-leader-and-presidential-candidate-jean-marie-le-pen-holds-a-press-conferences-in-saint-cloud-near-paris-france-on-march-30-2007-photo-by-thierry-orbanabacapresscom-2E74NHJ.jpg)
FN leader and presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen holds a press conferences in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, on March 30, 2007. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
![TIME Magazine Cover: Why The French Voted For Le Pen - May 6, 2002 - France - elections - right - fascist - Le Pen - Chirac TIME Magazine Cover: Why The French Voted For Le Pen - May 6, 2002 - France - elections - right - fascist - Le Pen - Chirac](https://content.time.com/time/images/covers/europe/2002/20020506_400.jpg)
TIME Magazine Cover: Why The French Voted For Le Pen - May 6, 2002 - France - elections - right - fascist - Le Pen - Chirac
![Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5cbbaeb725b8e1b4c72440629dd0a2caccac3843/0_118_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4c09d051e4ac33689c7c6da2e410f5bc)
Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian
Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian
![Supporters of French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen carry flags and campaign posters during a march in Paris, May 1, 2002. Thousands of supporters join Le Pen for a Supporters of French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen carry flags and campaign posters during a march in Paris, May 1, 2002. Thousands of supporters join Le Pen for a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CPCNNJ/supporters-of-french-extreme-right-national-front-presidential-candidate-jean-marie-le-pen-carry-flags-and-campaign-posters-during-a-march-in-paris-may-1-2002-thousands-of-supporters-join-le-pen-for-a-rally-ahead-of-the-second-round-presidential-elections-set-for-may-5-where-the-former-paratrooper-faces-conservative-incumbent-jacques-chirac-reutersphilippe-wojazer-jes-2CPCNNJ.jpg)
Supporters of French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen carry flags and campaign posters during a march in Paris, May 1, 2002. Thousands of supporters join Le Pen for a
![French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen makes a point during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Saint-Cloud near Paris, May 3, 2002.[Conservative incumbent Jacques Chirac faces Jean-Marie French extreme-right National Front presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen makes a point during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Saint-Cloud near Paris, May 3, 2002.[Conservative incumbent Jacques Chirac faces Jean-Marie](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3JJYW/french-extreme-right-national-front-presidential-candidate-jean-marie-le-pen-makes-a-point-during-a-press-conference-at-the-partys-headquarters-in-saint-cloud-near-paris-may-3-2002-conservative-incumbent-jacques-chirac-faces-jean-marie-le-pen-in-the-may-5-presidential-election-runoff-2D3JJYW.jpg)