French MoDem Party chief and a Green Party candidate exchanged harsh words on a live televised debate, with the former accusing the latter of having defended pedophilia, in one of the few memorable moments of this year's campaigns.

AFP - The European parliamentary election campaign may not have fired up voters, but it has triggered an ugly debate among French political chieftains, who traded bitter insults at a televised debate.
  
The most heated exchange was between the leaders of the parties battling for third place, when Francois Bayrou of the centrist Modem accused Green flag-bearer and Daniel Cohn-Bendit of having defended paedophilia.