During a trip to Warsaw for a conference bringing together the leaders of 14 far-right and conservative parties of the EU, Marine Le Pen says she is "very optimistic" about the creation of a pan European, nationalist, pro-sovereignty group in the European Parliament. The National Rally presidential candidate hopes that this group, which would become "the second strongest force in the European Parliament", will be able "to bend the EU in a way that most harms". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES