‘The euro is KILLING US’ Marine Le Pen vows to pull France OUT of the eurozone
MARINE Le Pen has pledged to withdraw France from the eurozone if she is sworn in as the country’s new president in May.
By ROMINA MCGUINNESS
Express.co.uk
Wed, Jan 25, 2017
The Front National leader, who, according to polls, is set to waltz through the first round of voting, told the French radio station Europe 1 that the euro had “failed miserably”.
Mrs Le Pen said that the single currency, which was introduced in France in January 2002, had triggered a general increase in prices and substantially eroded the purchasing power of households.
She then suggested that Europe returns to a basket of recognised national currencies, which would be linked though a common currency system like the European Currency Unit (Ecu) in a bid to “soften” the economic impact.
Mrs Le Pen believes that doing so would allow France to re-introduce the franc, while maintaining economic relationships with eurozone countries.
The hardline leader said one French franc would be worth the same as one euro.
She said: “Households will no longer have access to the euro.
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