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Anger over Marine Le Pen radio interview

April 7, 2011 11:22

By

Michel Zlotowski,

Michel Zlotowski

1 min read

The leader of the Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), Richard Prasquier, has hit out at an Israeli radio station for broadcasting an interview with the National Front's new president, Marine Le Pen, last week.

Only two weeks ago, Jewish radio station Radio J cancelled an interview with Ms Le Pen after coming under heavy criticism from France's communal leadership.

Ms Le Pen told 90FM: "I'm fed up with this caricature of the party, fed up with those who fuel the suspicion that the National Front is an antisemitic party. It is not an antisemitic party, not a racist party and not a xenophobic party.

"When I was a candidate to become the president of the party, I clearly stated that those who appeared to take that line had no room within our ranks.