Le Pen (I think that’s her name) wasn’t invited to this rally, so she’s holding one of her own in southern France. As I understand it, she’s anti-immigration and has become (even before the past week) very popular in France. She has the Socialists running scared - they think she may win the next Prez election.
Just a day after the Charlie Hebdo shooting left 12 dead and had politicians calling for the country to unite, a row between politicians broke out after the National Front were not invited to take part in Sunday’s rally for “national unity” in Paris.
For her part Marine Le Pen was furious that the party, who came out on top in the European elections last May, was “excluded” from the march.
“It is very clear,” Le Pen said. “They say that the Front National (FN) are not welcome to a meeting where every other party is invited. There is no longer national unity, it’s disappeared because of their actions.”
The party also fired out a tweet saying: “”The first party of France excluded from the demonstration! It’s a moral fault.”