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Protesters hurled eggs at French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen as she arrived for a campaign event on Thursday.

Bodyguards covered the National Front leader's head as she was hurried inside after the incident in Dol-de-Bretagne, in Brittany.

The anti-EU, anti-immigration leader faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the country's election on Sunday.

The far-right candidate is currently trailing in the polls following a heated TV debate on Wednesday night.

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It came as Nigel Farage endorsed Le Pen to win, arguing that she would be good for Britain.

The ex-Ukip leader, who also threw his support behind Donald Trump, said the Le Pen would bring an end to the EU and guarantee the UK a better Brexit deal.

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She has campaigned on a promise to deport foreigners who are on security service watch lists and ending France's relationship with the EU.

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“From a UK perspective, as we enter tough negotiations, what is best for our country?” Mr Farage wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

“I have no doubt that a Le Pen victory would give the EU an even bigger headache than the UK voting for Brexit , which is why the European Commission is openly backing Macron.

“She wants a positive relationship with Britain and was enthusiastic about a bilateral trade deal in the future. She is being grown-up on the issue of trade post- Brexit .”

Le Pen is not the only candidate to receive endorsement from outside France, earlier today Barack Obama endorsed Emmanuel Macron in a video message posted on Facebook.

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Mr Farage also predicted that if Ms Le Pen did not win in 2017 she would win the next French presidential election in 2022.

The arch-Brexiteer argued that a Le Pen victory would make negotiations with Europe earlier.

He said: “Her victory would take much of the pressure off our negotiations. She will put France first and take her country out of the euro, which has damaged their competitiveness.

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“A Le Pen victory would be the beginning of the end for this failed project.”

Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesperson Tom Brake slammed Farage's endorsement saying his “mask is slipping, revealing a more sinister face”.

Mr Farage acknowledged the Front National's past and explained his previous hesitancy in dealing with the party.

"The party's roots were deep in the Vichy and I believed anti-semitism was embedded in it's DNA" he wrote.