France’s far-right National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen \u00a9 Benoit Tessier \/ Reuters
\nFrench presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that NATO exists only \u2018to serve Washington\u2019s objectives\u2019, and that she planned to hold a Brexit-style referendum, in an interview with a Greek newspaper.
\nLe Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front and a candidate for the 2017 presidential elections, is known for her Euroscepticism and anti-immigrant views. Together with France, she also suggested that Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Cyprus should also leave the European Union.
\n\u201cFrexit will be a part of my policy,\u201d she said in an interview with Dimokratia. \u201cThe people must have the opportunity to vote for the liberation from slavery and blackmail imposed by technocrats in Brussels to return sovereignty to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Along with her main rival, the center-right Francois Fillon, Le Pen has called for closer ties with Russia and has criticized NATO expansion into eastern Europe. Le Pen said that she would take France out of the alliance if she became president because, as she said, its existence is no longer needed.
\n\u201cIt was established when there was a risk from the Warsaw Pact and the expansionism of the communist Soviet Union,\u201d said Le Pen. \u201cThe Soviet Union no longer exists, and neither does the Warsaw Pact. Washington maintains the NATO presence to serve its objectives in Europe.\u201d
\nOn the topic of immigration, Le Pen said she supported measures to restrict the flow of asylum seekers into Europe.
\n\u201cI am against the policy which would promote the entry of immigrants into Europe, which cannot accept them \u2026 this tsunami of migrants should be limited. Europe does not have the power to ensure they all find work and opportunities to enrich themselves. Immigrants are illegal since once they set foot on European soil … they have violated the law. They must be sent back to their homeland. ”
\nHowever, when asked whether the National Front has ties to the far-right Greek party Golden Dawn, a group often described as extremist, Le Pen said she \u201cneither has nor wants\u201d relations with them.
\nLe Pen is running against former Prime Minister Francois Fillon of the Republican Party in the French presidential elections due to be held in May next year. A left-wing candidate for the Socialist Party has not yet been nominated, as incumbent President Francois Hollande has stated he would not be running for a second term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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