Bankers queue up to meet Marine Le Pen believing Front National has chance to WIN
MARINE Le Pen has enjoyed a major popularity boost close to the pending French elections after it emerged fund managers, banks and foreign diplomats are queuing up to meet the Front National leader.
By REBECCA PERRING
Express.co.uk
Sat, Mar 18, 2017
Sources close to Ms Le Pen’s party say analysts at banks and funds including UBS, BlackRock and Barclays have meet Front National (FN) officials to discuss their economic plans.
Mikael Sala, an economic adviser to Marine Le Pen, said: “We have had people queueing up to talk to us about our programme.”
Dozens of governments including Sweden, the US and Denmark have also taken the time to meet FN officials.
The major endorsement shows signs of how seriously the anti-EU party, who have pledged to hold an referendum on leaving Brussels, is being taken six weeks before the French presidential elections.
Ms Le Pen is also hoping to whip up support in France using her own brand of Euroscepticism and hardline anti-migrant populism to encourage her country to leave the euro and European Union.
Florian Philippot, the FN’s chief strategist and one of Ms Le Pen’s main adviser told the Financial Times: “People want to talk about our programme to leave the euro as well as our immigration policy.”
But latest polls suggest that Ms Le Pen is expected to win the first contest in April but lose the run-off election in May.
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