hang on. ..that is that marine le pen is more popular than you ever were.t presidential election, won 6.4 million votes. you never won 6.4 million votes. she attracts more french people to the cause of the front national than you ever did. excuse me, but... in the last...in the last european... in the last european elections, the front national, led by marine le pen, came first place, 25% of the vote. you never got close to that. he chuckles let's think about the message that she delivers, and i wonder whether you have a problem with it. you know, she's decided to emphasise economic arguments, notjust the old policies you had, on immigration and security, but she's telling the french people that there is an alternative when it comes to economics. she's anti—austerity, she's anti—globalisation, she's anti the euro. and i wonder whether you believe that she's on the right track here. she's trying to pull in voters from the left as well as from the right, and she's saying to the french people, "our party isn'tjust obsessed with immigration, "it is a party that

national frontjean—marie le pen has nationalfrontjean—marie le pen has died at the age of 96, formerly a presidential candidate, his mantle has been taken on by his daughter, marineth in france and beyond. let's go to our correspondence in paris, hugh schofield, and just picking up on the last point that daniela was mentioning in her report, to what extent jean—marie le pen has shaped politics in france? jean-marie le pen has shaped politics in france?— politics in france? well, i know what _ politics in france? well, i know what he _ politics in france? well, i know what he would - politics in france? well, i know what he would have politics in france? well, i- know what he would have said where he still alive, which is to say a lot of what is happening in france and in europe today bears out the warnings he was making 30 or 40 years ago. you can agree with that or not agree with it but undoubtedly that is the view he would be putting out, that the worries about immigrations are now mainstream and that is warnings about what would happen if islamist was allowed free reign in france and europe and that is happening, and it's now possible to articulate views about

le pen lost heavily. many french uniting against him in disgust. soon he would be eclipsed by his own daughter, marinefront, sought to soften its image, and ended up expelling her own father from the party. history may well nudge jean—marie le pen to the sidelines — too extreme, too much the maverick for french tastes — but his name lives on, as do many of his beliefs, modified by his daughter. the le pens still challenging and reshaping french politics. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. let's speak to emmanuel dupuy — a french political commentator and president of the institute for european perspective and security studies. just as we come to you we are seeing a brief statement from the french presidency, saying history willjudgejean—marie history will judge jean—marie le pen's history willjudgejean—marie le pen's role in france. what do you make of that particular statement? i do you make of that particular statement?— statement? i think of because it is correct. _ statement? i think of because it is correct. a _ statement? i think of because it is correct. a number- statement? i think of because it

marine le pen, head of the national rally, still has the upper hand unless francois bayrou manages toecure some sort of pact of nonaggression from the socialist party. that is what he is trying to do on the budget and that is what he is trying to do the pension reform. with it finance minister -- the new, we have someone who is considered quite close to the centerleft, even though we don't have details about the new budget. he was talking about a spirit of responsibility when he met with the parties last week. we know he wants to bring the deficit down to between 5%-5.5% of gdp for this year, which is a target that is lower than he -- then his predecessor. he wants to make about 50 billion euros of savings, which is also lower than the 60 billion euros michel barnier was talking about. we don't have many details on whether there will still be a surplus tax on the process deaf profits of the biggest companies. we will see discussions over the next few expect the bank of france last night -- weeks but the bank of france released a survey about political uncertainty weighing heavily on b

le pen lost heavily. many french uniting against him in disgust. soon he would be eclipsed by his own daughter, marinef his beliefs, modified by his daughter. the le pens still challenging and reshaping french politics. jean—marie le pen, who's died at the age of 96. rescue workers are searching for survivors after a major earthquake killed over 100 people and damaged more than 1,000 buildings in a remote region of tibet, near mount everest. state media say many houses collapsed in mountain villages around the city of shigatse, which is holy for tibetan buddhists. their exiled spiritual leader, the dalai lama, has said he's deeply saddened by the disaster. the health secretary wes streeting has said he's ashamed at the experience of some nhs patients this winter. it comes as a number of nhs trusts in england have declared critical incidents amid "exceptionally high demands" on emergency departments. 0ne trust said it's seeing high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems exacerbated by the cold weather as flu cases spike. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. so, strong words from the healt

he was succeeded as party chief by his daughter, marine le pen.'s turned the party, now branded the national rally, into one of the country's main political forces. a number of nhs trusts in england have declared critical incidents amid exceptionally high demands on emergency departments. one trust said it's seeing high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems, exacerbated by the cold weather. experts said this flu season is the straw that breaks the camel's back when it comes to urgent care. hampshire hospitals nhs foundation trust and university hospitals plymouth nhs trust both declared critical incidents this morning, followed by university hospitals birmingham nhs foundation trust this afternoon. meanwhile, the royal liverpool university hospital remains in critical incident following an announcement by nhs university hospitals of liverpool group yesterday evening. now it's understood the longest time one patient waited to be admitted to a ward at the hospital was 50 hours . and today is the 10th hours. and today is the 10th annive