France’s presidential runoff will likely see Emmanuel Macron face off against Marine Le Pen for a second election in a row, but the woman challenging France’s current leader is hardly the same candidate that lost by nearly two votes to one in 2017.
Le Pen, 53, is currently a member of the French National Assembly representing Calais, the city on the coast near the UK that has struggled to deal with migrants heading to Britain. She is best known as a member of the French far-right's first family. Her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founded the National Front in 1972, a political party long viewed as racist and anti-Semitic.
Read MoreMacron and Le Pen on track to advance to French presidential runoffWhile"stopping uncontrolled immigration" and"eradicating Islamist ideologies" remain her platform's top two priorities, Le Pen has sought to broaden her appeal.
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