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Martine Aubry listen Lionel Jospin, former Socialist PM and candidate on 2002 election (eliminated in the first round, leaving Chirac to face far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in a run-off
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A young girl sits on her father's shoulders and holds a sign that reads "No to the New SS" as she demonstrates to protest against the National Front party presidential candidate Jean-Marie
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Jean-Marie Le Pen shocks France by coming second in the 2002 presidential elections – archive, 2002 | France | The Guardian
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Lionel Jospin, former Socialist PM and candidate on 2002 election (eliminated in the first round, leaving Chirac to face far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in a run-off election) faces young
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