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French presidential candidate Le Pen softens position on euro exit
ibtimes.com ^ | April 26, 2017 | Michelle Mapa

Posted on 04/26/2017 10:12:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has sought to soften her position on euro exit saying that she felt European but understands French concerns about their savings. Many French people were thinking that their savings could lose value once the country returned to the franc.

During her interview on France's most watched television station TFI, Le Pen refused to say her stance on leaving euro. Her platform was to pull out the euros but some of her interviews contradicted it as she softened her views. On her campaign on Tuesday night, she avoided some of the incendiary attacks she made on the EU. She said that she was not an adversary of Europe. However, she said that she felt French first but also a European.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: currency; euro; france; lepen

1 posted on 04/26/2017 10:12:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Le Pen knows what she has to do. This is a very tight race, reportedly.

Either will likely be even stronger in their agenda than they can dare appear to be right now in this run off for the WIN. It’s crunch time.

I would trust Le Pen, but she must first WIN for any French repairs to matter. God go with her.


2 posted on 04/26/2017 10:22:29 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Typical fake news approach. The headline says that she has “softened” her stance, but the article says, “Le Pen refused to say her stance on leaving euro.”


3 posted on 04/26/2017 10:56:47 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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