Le Pen could become next French president
Party is upbeat and others concede she could win the election, as a key rival is embroiled in a money scam
Paris
WITH the polls narrowing and one of her main rivals embroiled in an expenses scandal, far-right leader Marine Le Pen could feasibly become French president in May, senior politicians and commentators say.
At the headquarters of her National Front (FN) party in Nanterre outside Paris, officials believe the same forces that led to the Brexit vote in Britain and Donald Trump's victory in the United States could carry Ms Le Pen to power.
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