Paris - A top-level power struggle developed in the racist National Front yesterday when the deputy leader, Mr Bruno Megret, defied Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen and said he would lead the movement's candidates in the June European elections.
Mr Megret, who is seeking an alliance with breakaway members of the moderate right, said he was ready to ask for a party vote if Mr Le Pen insisted that his wife, Jany Le Pen, stood in for him and ran next year's campaign.
