Marine Le Pen 's Front National extreme - right party came second in 2004 's European elections . This is a historic achievement for the daughter of the party 's founder , writes Agnes Poirier . It is no surprise to see that Manuel Valls , the recently-appointed French prime minister , feeling still rather new in the job , is one the most popular politicians in France . France 's political class , I had never thought such thing possible , she writes . Poirier : A collapse of national trust in the traditional Right and Left parties is imminent .
Marine Le Pen 's Front National extreme - right party came second in 2004 's European elections . This is a historic achievement for the daughter of the party 's founder , writes Agnes Poirier . France 's political class , I had never thought such thing possible , she writes . Poirier : A collapse of national trust in the traditional Right and Left parties is imminent .