Jean-Marie Le Pen weighs in on daughter's defeat in France election

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Until Tuesday, that is, when she announced she was quitting politics. "At 27 (year old) it is time for me to leave it for some time", Marechal-Le Pen was quoted as saying in the paper.

"You know my story, you know I've been in this political world all my life".

According to various sources, there was some conflict between Ms. Maréchal-Le Pen and her aunt Marine Le Pen who was recently defeated by independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.

In his opinion, Florian Philipot, Nation Front's deputy leader, is one of the people who is responsible for Marine Le Pen's defeat. "The only credible change would be for Marion Le Pen to replace Marine Le Pen, because she is clearly superior to her", di Borgo said.

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Despite representing a fringe party on the extreme right, Le Pen still qualified for the presidential runoff and earned 11 million votes, more than double what her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, got when he reached the presidential runoff in 2002.

The report (in French) says she will make the announcement tomorrow and won't stand for elections in June.

"It's a tactical choice and not an existential one that we will debate".

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