Le Pen’s daughter assumes mantle of party leadership

FRANCE’S far-right National Front party has elected the daughter of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, as its new president.

Marine Le Pen, the 42-year-old daughter of the far-right firebrand, won slightly more than two-thirds of the vote in an election at a party convention in the central French city of Tours.

The party said yesterday she easily beat the other candidate, longtime party No 2 Bruno Gollnisch.