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Le Pen will name eurosceptic Dupont-Aignan as PM if elected

Le Pen said she and Dupont-Aignan, who has backed his former rival after getting 4.7% of the vote in first round, share a 'common project'.

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Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen announced Saturday that if she wins France's May 7 runoff she would name eurosceptic Nicolas Dupont-Aignan as her prime minister, reports RFI.

Le Pen told a press conference that she and Dupont-Aignan, who lost in the election's first round with 4.7 percent of the vote, shared a "common project that we will promote together".

"We will build a national unity government that will bring together people chosen for their skills and their love of France," Le Pen said.

During the bruising campaign, Le Pen has attempted to wear down lingering resistance to her National Front party's tainted brand by portraying her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron as an elitist money man.

Read more of this report from RFI.