Front National leader says her referendum would be driven by ‘interests of the people’ rather than for electoral reasonsMarine Le Pen,the leader of France’s far-right Front National, has said David Cameron’s decision to call the UK’s referendum on European Union membership was a “facade” undertaken for purely electoral reasons, and while her own referendum on France leaving the bloc would be driven not by petty party politics but “the interests of the people”.
Le Pen,who, according to current polls, or could make it to the final runoff in May’s French presidential election but is considered unlikely to win,said on Friday she would immediately initiate renegotiating France’s position in the EU whether she took power. Related: 'Well done Britain': Brexit vote boosts French far-right's election machine Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com