France's Far Right Picks Its New Leader

The far-right French National Front will officially pick the successor to long-time party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen on Jan. 16 at a conference in Tours. The front-runner is his daughter, Marine Le Pen. Marine projects a more polished version of French populism than her father did, which may help her tap into deep French anger about the economic situation in the upcoming presidential elections in early 2012.