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Leave now if you want to go, France's Le Pen tells party members

FILE PHOTO: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives for a meeting with European right-wing party leaders in Madrid, Spain, January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose campaign for the April presidential election has been shaken by a series of defections, said on Saturday that if members wanted to leave her party they should do it immediately.

Le Pen, leader of the National Rally, is running second or third in opinion polls that show a tussle among right and far-right candidates to win a second-round runoff spot against President Emmanuel Macron. Macron himself is leading polls and seen as likely to secure the other spot.

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