French President Jacques Chirac promised on national television that he would seek to change the country’s electoral laws in an effort to diminish the political influence of the extreme-right National Front. Calling the Front “racist and xenophobic,” Chirac said the anti-immigrant party was at the center of a political crisis that could “damage France, its values, its image.” His comments came after six rightist politicians were elected regional presidents last Friday after receiving the Front’s support.
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