It is somewhat ironic, then, to hear Marine Le Pen repeatedly claim her position as an outsider. If Marine Le Pen manages to get 30% in the first round of the presidential election in April, it will be an extraordinary achievement. Also Read Le Pen party thwarted in regional voteThere are deeper issues as well. Weight of the pastThere is one last point that makes a Marine Le Pen victory in 2017 unlikely: the weight of the past. This means that, for Marine Le Pen to win, she would have to convince the French that she is both radically different and more of the same.

Source: The Hindu February 12, 2017 18:45 UTC