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4/23/07

IHT: EU welcomes poor showing of far-right Le Pen in French elections

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Germany, holder of the European Union presidency, on Monday welcomed the poor showing of far right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of the French presidential elections.

"I'm quite satisfied that the more radical groups, like Le Pen, have fallen behind very clearly," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on arrival at an EU foreign ministers meeting.

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