FN founder JM Le Pen says Bannon at summit "a bit paradoxical' While his daughter holds a major summit in the northern city of Lille, former far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen signs copies of his memoirs at a Parisian bookstore with some 150 fans lined up waiting to meet him. Marine Le Pen will attempt to revive her battered party this weekend at a conference with a proposal to ditch the tainted National Front (FN) brand, seen as a key hurdle to winning power, with controversial ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon, set to give a speech at the conference, a move the elder Le Pen saw as "a bit paradoxical." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES with Jean-Marie Le Pen