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French voters are unlikely to turn out in their droves for next month's EU election (Photo: Wikipedia)

Hate speech, not Europe, tops agenda in French EU vote

On 4 April, Marine Le Pen, the head of the Front National, France's far-right party, said that her party "will not accept any religious demands for school menus".

Her comment came in the context of a growing scandal over the choice of menus in food canteens.

This could have been a legitimate statement if there were official demands based on religious beliefs. But this is not the case. So a few days later Le Pen was forced to add that she meant to "ban the ban [sic] on pork in sch...

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French voters are unlikely to turn out in their droves for next month's EU election (Photo: Wikipedia)

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