French presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival, François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday.
Several sections of her speech appeared to repeat almost word-for-word comments made by Mr Fillon in an address on April 15.
However, an official of her National Front Party said she had made a “Nod” to Mr Fillon and it shows she is “not sectarian”.
Ms Le Pen faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in the final round on Sunday.
