Marine Le Pen Outguns Opponents in Live Debate

by Admin

Marine Le Pen made the strongest impression during last night’s live debate between the top five candidates vying for the French Presidency at next month’s election.

Her rivals were unable to respond to her fierce attack on Angela Merkel who has become symbolic of both German overreach in Europe and EU chaos.

“I want to be the President of the French Republic, truly. I am not going to become involved in a vague region in Europe. I don’t want to be the Vice-Chancellor of Madame Merkel,” she said.

“I don’t want to be the salesperson for a large multinational group. I want to be President of the French Republic which respects article five which states the President guarantees national sovereignty and territorial integrity”.

Brexit loomed large and to great effect in Le Pen’s arguments. She described the UK’s decision to leave as ‘formidable’, which carries a double meaning in French, both wonderful and formidable in the English sense of the word.

The man thought to be Le Pen’s main rival in the second stage of France’s two-round election system, Emmanuel Macron, thought he’d landed a major blow when he said the hated burkinis were not an issue of wearing religious symbols but of public order and therefore not for the President to deal with. His attempted attacks fell flat however.

Le Pen was absolutely scathing about globalism, saying: “The French must be able to defend their own interests, not the interests of the banks, the interests of the financiers, or of some European capital”.

She also spoke of the need to pull out of Schengen, the EU’s open borders agreement, saying: “It is absolutely urgent to defend our society, to defend our borders against Islamic radicals who represent a major danger”.Still building momentum, President Le Pen could well happen.

This news report was originally published by ‘Westmonster’ 21 March 2017.