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| | French presidential election, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Approximately 1,300,000 people (according to the Ministry of the Interior, as reported in Libération), out of which more than 400,000 in Paris, for Labor Day and against the National Front. |
 | | The choice between Chirac, who is suspect for actions carried out whilst he was mayor of Paris (see corruption scandals in the Paris region) but benefits from Presidential immunity as long as he stays president, and Le Pen, a nationalist often accused of racism and antisemitism, was one that many found tough. |
 | | Some people suggested going to vote with a clothes peg on the nose, to express disgust for the Chirac vote, but this may have been illegal, because it is prohibited to advertise one\'s vote inside the voting precinct. |
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