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		</div><p>French far-right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has asked a court to force the party he founded to let him back in, after he was expelled for anti-Semitic comments which embarrassed his daughter Marine as she pursues the French presidency.</p>
<p>Mr Le Pen&#8217;s lawyer, Frederic Joachim, argued that his client&#8217;s expulsion from the National Front last year violated party procedures, and said it was a decision made by an &#8220;execution squad&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Le Pen attended the hearing in a court west of Paris, but did not speak during the two-hour proceedings. A decision is expected on November 17.</p>
<p>&#8220;I expect victory,&#8221; the 88-year-old told reporters upon arriving at court, where he is hoping for a verdict that will allow him to rejoin the party and its leadership &#8211; and demanding two million euro for his suffering.</p>
<p>Mr Joachim said this is &#8220;the minimum&#8221; Mr Le Pen is owed for the &#8220;immense loss&#8221; to his morale and reputation.</p>
<p>The party expelled Mr Le Pen for a series of remarks considered a liability to the party&#8217;s image, including a reference to Nazi gas chambers as a &#8220;detail&#8221; of Second World War history.</p>
<p>Mr Le Pen contends his comments fall within the domain of freedom of expression, though he has been convicted repeatedly of racism and anti-Semitism.</p>
<p>The remarks drove a deep and lasting divide in his family and party. Marine Le Pen has distanced herself from her father&#8217;s extremist views since taking over the National Front in 2011. She is named in the lawsuit, but did not appear at court.</p>
<p>Her courting of the mainstream has turned her into one of France&#8217;s most popular politicians, and she is campaigning for the presidency in next year&#8217;s elections on an anti-immigration, anti-European Union platform.</p>
<p>Jean-Marie Le Pen won three earlier court battles against his former party over his initial suspension and a proposed vote by party members on his status as honorary president-for-life.</p>
<p>The party definitively expelled him in August 2015, the move he is now contesting in court.</p>
<p>[quote_box_left]&#8221;I&#8217;m too old to be sad.&#8221; &#8211; Jean-Marie Le Pen[/quote_box_left]</p>
<p>He said he could envision restoring ties with his daughter, adding: &#8220;Why not? Life always starts tomorrow.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, he said he has not decided whether he will support Marine Le Pen&#8217;s presidential bid.</p>
<p>Jean-Marie retains a core of dedicated supporters and has said his daughter will not win the presidency unless she unites the party.</p>
<p>Marine Le Pen has widened the party&#8217;s electoral base to include former supporters of the traditional conservative and socialist parties frustrated with the status quo, economic stagnation and France&#8217;s shrinking global influence.</p>
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