French leader of the Front national (FN) far-right party Marine Le Pen casts her ballot at a polling station in Hénin-Beaumont, northern France, on March 27, 2011, during the second round of the local elections. France's President ruling UMP party took a beating in last Sunday's first round, attracting just 17 percent of the vote, well behind the opposition socialists' 25 percent. Just behind the UMP however, the  far-right National Front (FN) registered 15 percent of the votes, in the elections to local councils in France's 100 departments. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN
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