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In chaotic scenes, police were forced to detain dozens of women who were wearing masks, which depicted the face of the Front National leader and US President Donald Trump near the polling station in Hénin-Beaumont. The chaos erupted after the women jumped out of a limo just before Marine Le Pen voted at the polling station in north-western France. This is not the first time the female activist group has protested against the eurosceptic leader, who is expected to reach the final round of the French election 2017. FRENCH ELECTION 2017 LIVE

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GETTY Femen protestors campaign against Marine Le Pen

The women are protesting on behalf of feminist activist group Femen, who recently said on Facebook: “Nothing in Marine Le Pen's programme promotes the emancipation of women. No proposal is made to further the equality of the sexes." Femen have also laid into Ms Le Pen for her refusal to wear a headscarf to meet Lebanon’s top Sunni Muslim cleric was no more than a “media stunt”. French police made several arrests, according to local reports. It comes after two polling stations were evacuated and a shotgun discovered at the scene as France casts its ballots in one of the the most unpredictable elections in living memory.

Topless protester blasts Marine Le Pen Fri, February 24, 2017 A topless protester burst into a hall where French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was delivering a foreign policy speech chanting 'Marine, pretend feminist' Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 9 Marine Le Pen gestures after a press conference focused on the theme 'France's international policy in a multipolar world'

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