By By Megan Hamilton Jan 2, 2015 in Politics However, the recent antics of three party members have likely put that on hold. Bordeaux - For some time, Marine Le Pen, leader of France's extreme right-wing party National Front (FN) has been trying to present a softer image that's more acceptable to the public.However, the recent antics of three party members have likely put that on hold. They spiked the wine of Louis Aliot, FN's vice president with laxative. Aliot is also Le Pen's boyfriend, They have now been expelled from the party for committing "destabilization manouevres." A third prankster was also involved, to a lesser extent and as such received a lesser punishment in the form of a one-year suspension. The incident occurred when Aliot was visiting the party's top brass at offices in Bordeaux a few months back, Nicholas Bay, FN's deputy secretary general, confirmed reports that the three party members were attempting to disrupt the meeting between Aliot and the big boys. But the pranksters didn't stop there. They also unscrewed all the light bulbs in the room where the meeting was to take place. The Guardian reports that polls show that FN, if led by Le Pen would come out on top of the first round of the next presidential election if the vote, which comes in 2017 were to be held now. This party won the most seats in France's election to the European Parliament and it made momentous gains in local and senate elections in 2014. The FN's successes were viewed as a vindication of Le Pen's efforts to lighten up the party's extremist image but this party still campaigns on traditional right-wing issues, including immigration, insecurity, and identity. Le Pen has gone on record as saying She hopes to someday dissolve the European Union and is courting extremist right-wing parties from Sweden to Austria, and Britain to Italy in the hopes of uniting these parties into forming a coalition of anti-European Union nationalists. She said she hopes these groups would work to turn back the clock on integration and open the borders that have defined post-World War II Europe. "You judge a tree by its fruit," she said, per The Washington Post. "And the fruits of the E.U. are rotten." With such extremism, perhaps spiking someone's drink doesn't seem all that unusual. What did these two now-former party members do?They spiked the wine of Louis Aliot, FN's vice president with laxative. Aliot is also Le Pen's boyfriend, The Guardian reports.They have now been expelled from the party for committing "destabilization manouevres." A third prankster was also involved, to a lesser extent and as such received a lesser punishment in the form of a one-year suspension.The incident occurred when Aliot was visiting the party's top brass at offices in Bordeaux a few months back, Metro reports.Nicholas Bay, FN's deputy secretary general, confirmed reports that the three party members were attempting to disrupt the meeting between Aliot and the big boys.But the pranksters didn't stop there. They also unscrewed all the light bulbs in the room where the meeting was to take place. Arutz Sheva reports that the party has made unprecedented gains in senate and local elections in 2014. It also won the most seats in France's election to the European Parliament.The Guardian reports that polls show that FN, if led by Le Pen would come out on top of the first round of the next presidential election if the vote, which comes in 2017 were to be held now.This party won the most seats in France's election to the European Parliament and it made momentous gains in local and senate elections in 2014.The FN's successes were viewed as a vindication of Le Pen's efforts to lighten up the party's extremist image but this party still campaigns on traditional right-wing issues, including immigration, insecurity, and identity.Le Pen has gone on record as saying she wants to put a stop to immigration, and she waves nationalism like a sword, The Washington Post reports.She hopes to someday dissolve the European Union and is courting extremist right-wing parties from Sweden to Austria, and Britain to Italy in the hopes of uniting these parties into forming a coalition of anti-European Union nationalists.She said she hopes these groups would work to turn back the clock on integration and open the borders that have defined post-World War II Europe."You judge a tree by its fruit," she said, per The Washington Post. "And the fruits of the E.U. are rotten."With such extremism, perhaps spiking someone's drink doesn't seem all that unusual. More about french rightwing party, french rightwing, Marine Le Pen, Louis Aliot, nicholas bay More news from french rightwing par... french rightwing Marine Le Pen Louis Aliot nicholas bay the european union National front FN