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As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally (RN) party is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will secure it a ruling majority in elections on Sunday, including a woman it has now pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo of her wearing a Nazi officer&s peaked cap.