May 26th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 20 | Europe, Middle East, and Africa

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaking to thousands of people at her party's annual march to vote in European parliamentary elections this month to give her a platform for her anti-European Union cause. — Battle Cry Le Pen addresses supporters ahead of the European elections Christopher Morris/VII for TIME

France's Marine Le Pen wants to destroy the E.U.—by winning big at this month's European elections

When Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front party, pulled into the tiny fishing town of Le Crotoy on April 28, it was the first time residents could remember a major political figure visiting the seaside community. So Henri Derosière, a 68-year-old fisherman whose family has lived in the northwestern town for generations, seized the moment. …

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France's Marine Le Pen wants to destroy the E.U.—by winning big at this month's European elections

France's Marine Le Pen wants to destroy the E.U.—by winning big at this month's European elections

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