Controversial French politician Le Pen to take part in Prague conference, says aide

Controversial far-right French politician Marine Le Pen is scheduled to take part in a conference in Prague on April 23, an aide to the National Front leader revealed. The conference, called by Dawn Party MP Radim Fiala and former Civic Democratic MP Jiří Janeček, is to examine issues of peace and prosperity in the EU. Janećek is now a member of the non-parliamentary Civic Conservative Party. The aide to Ms Le Pen, Ludovic de Danne, said they were looking for viable partners for cooperation in the Czech Republic. Members of the troubled Dawn Party, who ousted their own leader Tomio Okamura and Mr Fiala as deputies’ club leader, indicated earlier they too wanted to revamp the party along the lines of the Front National. The party has long taken a hardline stance on immigration policy.