French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen said in interview that his followers might rebel against the government if a court followed a prosecutor’s recommendation to bar him from public office on charges of assaulting a rival politician. Le Pen, who has made anti-Semitic statements and is staunchly anti- immigran???, did not elaborate on the threat. The court is expected to make its ruling next month.
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