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 .
Marine Le Pen 's Front National extreme-right party came top in France 's European elections . This is a historic achievement for the daughter of the party 's founder , writes Agnes Poirier . France 's political class , commentators had never thought such thing possible , she writes . Poirier : A collapse of national trust in the traditional Right and Left parties is revealed .