France's FN founder Jean-Marie Le Pen says daughter must quit as party leader


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  • Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, concedes defeat at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris after the second round of 2017 French presidential election, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

NANTERRE, France (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen should step down as leader of France's far-right National Front (FN) after disappointing results in the presidential and parliamentary elections, her father who founded the anti-establishment party said on Tuesday.

"You outlive your usefulness when you start harming your party by your policy stances or your stubbornness," the 89-year-old Jean-Marie Le Pen told reporters after he was locked out of a party meeting.

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