France's far-right National Front political party deputy Marion Marechal-Le Pen (C) is surrounded by journalists as she arrives to attend the party's executive office at their party's headquarters in Nanterre near Paris May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - Marion Marechal-Le Pen, a rising star in France's far-right National Front, announced on Tuesday she would stand in regional elections this year after her maverick grand-father Jean-Marie Le Pen promised not to disrupt her ticket.
The 25-year-old lawmaker had initially hesitated after a feud exploded between the current party leader - her aunt Marine Le Pen - and its ageing founder, who was suspended from the party this month for comments downplaying the Holocaust.
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