Paris | As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections this weekend, including a woman it has pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo of her wearing a World War II-era Nazi officer’s cap.

Other National Rally candidates whose suitability is being questioned by the party’s critics and opponents include a woman said by French media to have once held a town employee hostage at gunpoint; a man who may not be eligible to serve as a legislator because he is under guardianship; a candidate who tweeted that “gas brought justice to the victims of the Shoah”; and others who have been little-seen on the campaign trail.

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