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Le Pen vows to 'dismantle' wind-power plants
By EUobserver
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to tear down wind turbines in France if voted president. "If I am elected, I will put a stop to all construction of new wind parks and I will launch a big project to dismantle them," she said on RTL radio Thursday. "Mme. Le Pen would cause blackouts," French environment minister Barbara Pompili said, as wind-power creates 8 percent of France's electricity.