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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Tassilo Hummel

Faced with criticism, Le Pen allies tone down rhetoric on hijab ban

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, speaks during a campaign meeting in Avignon, France, April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

A planned hijab ban if French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected would come "little by little" and be determined by lawmakers, her allies said on Monday, marking a shift in tone less than a week ahead of the final presidential vote.

The far-right core of Le Pen's programme has come under closer scrutiny as campaigning enters its final days.

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