In France, far right-wing politician Marine Le Pen gave a much-anticipated speech launching her presidential campaign Sunday. She’s running on a xenophobic, nationalistic agenda that calls for France to crack down on immigration and leave the European Union. In the speech, she claimed the upcoming election is a “choice of civilizations,” and she said France must follow the path set by the Brexit vote in Britain and the election of Donald Trump in the United States.
Marine Le Pen: “Other people have shown the way: the British, who have made the choice to be free with the Brexit and who each day can congratulate themselves for their insolent and good economic growth; the Americans, who have chosen to give the priority to their national interest.”