Wounded National Front seeks way back after French poll failures


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  • Friday, 21 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Newly-elected members of parliament Louis Aliot, Ludovic Pajot, Gilbert Collard, Bruno Bilde, Sebastien Chenu, Emmanuelle Menard, Jose Evrard and Marine Le Pen of France's far-right National Front (FN) political party arrive at the National Assembly in Paris, France, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Top officials from France's far-right National Front gather on Friday to find a way back from successive election failures, and senior members said everything from the party's name to its vow to restore the franc currency were up for review.

Leader Marine le Pen vowed to "deeply renew" the party after she lost the presidential election to centrist Emmanuel Macron in May.

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