By Peter Allen In Paris

Published: 11:24 EDT, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 12:21 EDT, 25 June 2024

A far-Right election candidate in France is facing prosecution for unveiling an election poster reading: ‘Let’s give white children a future.’

The slogan is accompanied by an image of a blond-haired, blue-eyed boy, and is in support of Pierre-Nicolas Nups of the Parti de la France (Party of France).

Pascal Schneider, the mayor of Neuves-Maisons near Nancy and one of the biggest towns in the constituency, said: ‘This poster is nothing more or less than a rag that sullies the city, the canton, the entire department.’

Mr Schneider said he had filed a legal complaint with public prosecutors, claiming the poster whips up racist hate.

But Mr Nups, who is standing in the 5th constituency of the eastern Meurthe-et-Moselle department, said in retort: ‘I approved this poster. It is neither sectarian nor exclusive.

‘On the contrary, it delivers a positive message, a message of hope for our youth, and nothing else. And if anyone sees anything else in it, it would be a malicious interpretation.’

It comes as France prepares for one of the most divisive polls in its history, with even President Emmanuel Macron warning that a civil war is a possibility should either the far-Right National Rally party or a far-Left coalition led by the France Unbowed party.

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