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France election: Le Pen accused of plagiarising Fillon
« on: May 02, 2017, 05:50:41 pm »
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France election: Le Pen accused of plagiarising Fillon

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday.

Several sections of her speech in Villepinte, north of Paris, appear to repeat almost word-for-word comments Mr Fillon made in an address on 15 April.

An official of her National Front party said she had made a "nod" to Mr Fillon and it showed she was "not sectarian".

Ms Le Pen faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in the final round on Sunday.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39776929

In view of what is at stake, I don't think this will have any great affect.