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She calls herself the "voice of the people," the anti-system candidate who will ensure social justice for the have-nots and purify a France she says is losing its voice to Europe and threatened by massive immigration and rampant Islamization.
The message of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has seduced thousands, kept her consistently in third place in polls and clearly scared President Nicolas Sarkozy as he seeks a second term.
The conservative Sarkozy is trying to woo those who would vote for Le Pen in Sunday's first round of balloting to bridge the gap with frontrunner Francois Hollande, a Socialist whom all polls show will win the election in the May 6 final round.