‘It will BACKFIRE’ Marine Le Pen warns Brussels bigwigs NOT to bully Britain over Brexit
MARINE Le Pen has warned EU chiefs that giving Britain a rough ride in forthcoming Brexit talks would prove Europe can only advance by “threats, intimidation and blackmail”.
By SIMON OSBORNE
Express.co.uk
Sat, Jan 7, 2017
Hardliners in Brussels, Paris and Berlin want the UK to be conspicuously worse off after Brexit to ensure other EU members states think twice about jumping ship.
But Mrs Le Pen, who is expected to reach the second round of French presidential election this May, said punishing Britain would boost populist forces across Europe rather than deter them.
The Front National leader said: “The way the EU has reacted to Brexit has put paid to the few in Europe who still believe that there is an ounce of democracy in this structure, that is the EU.
“Europe would be showing its true face, as it already has done so in Greece and tried to do with Britain.
“This EU doesn’t move forward by consent because it knows its people no longer adhere to this political structure, it advances via threats, intimidation and blackmail.”
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