French Politics NPR's Nick Spicer reports from Paris that more than a million people throughout France chose this May Day holiday to demonstrate for and against Jean-Marie Le Pen. The leader of the anti-immigration National Front Party faces incumbent president Jacques Chirac in a presidential run-off Sunday. Police estimate anti-Le Pen marchers far outnumbered Le Pen supporters.

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NPR's Nick Spicer reports from Paris that more than a million people throughout France chose this May Day holiday to demonstrate for and against Jean-Marie Le Pen. The leader of the anti-immigration National Front Party faces incumbent president Jacques Chirac in a presidential run-off Sunday. Police estimate anti-Le Pen marchers far outnumbered Le Pen supporters.