International: Whatever the result, Le Pen will be smiling

The Sunday Telegraph London | June 1, 1997| | Copyright

WHOEVER becomes France's new prime minister this week, the real winner of today's election will be Jean-Marie Le Pen.

The confusion and chaos that emerged from the election's first round last Sunday and the Left's unexpected rise is just what the leader of the National Front has been predicting and preparing for.

His new role as arbiter in many constituencies in today's vote is a godsend to a man written off at the beginning of the campaign as a cowardly has-been. Good taste and old-fashioned courtesy have never been M Le Pen's style. On Thursday, as he paraded up and down on the platform of ...

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