French Far-Right Party Definitively Severs Ties With Founder

France's far-right National Front party has definitively severed its ties to firebrand founder Jean-Marie Le Pen as it tries to revive its fortunes.   The party also re-elected his daughter, Marine Le Pen, to a new term as president at party congress where she was its only candidate for the post. A new 100-member governing council was also named.   The party tweeted Sunday that more than 79 percent of members who participated in a vote approved new party statutes that...

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