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00:00Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella have spent years working on changing the face of the
00:04national rally, but a closer look at some of their candidates would suggest it's been
00:08a cosmetic makeover more than a substantial one.
00:12Ludivine Daoudi qualified for the second round in a constituency in Calvados.
00:17She's now dropped out after a picture resurfaced of her wearing a Nazi Luftwaffe officer's
00:22cap, a picture she said was in bad taste.
00:26Paul Verde-Soras, meanwhile, is through to the second round in a constituency in Mayenne.
00:30When asked about racism within the national rally, this was her response.
00:34At the national rally we have Jews, Muslims and Spaniards.
00:41I myself am from Catalonia.
00:43My grandfather was born in Barcelona.
00:49I have a Jewish eye doctor and a Muslim dentist.
00:54Annie-Claire Bell is a national rally candidate in a neighbouring constituency.
00:58An archive report by West France was dug up on social media, revealing she'd taken a local
01:03official hostage for several hours with her husband back in 1995.
01:08Bell brought a rifle which she even fired inside the town hall and local newspapers
01:12say she was sentenced to 10 months behind bars.
01:16In the Jura, meanwhile, national rally candidate Thierry Mosquet is placed under reinforced
01:20conservatorship which technically makes him ineligible, though hasn't stopped him from
01:24submitting his candidacy.
01:26I had to wait for a few discussions to end and for some advice as well because I'm not
01:32a veteran when it comes to politics.
01:37An appeal can only invalidate his potential election after the ballots.