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No Date Set Yet for France's Marine Le Pen's Trip to UK

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The date for the possible trip of Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Front party, to the United kingdom has not been set yet, a party's press office representative told Sputnik on Friday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Earlier this week, media reports emerged suggesting that Le Pen was considering travelling to the United Kingdom to campaign for Britain leaving the European Union and that the trip could take place in the end of May or beginning of June.

"Maybe, but no date has been set yet," the spokesperson said, commenting on the reports.

The leader of the National Front has been long campaigning on the anti-EU platform. In 2012, she suggested that all EU member states should halt the Schengen agreement. Most recently she promised to initiate an in-out referendum in France similar to Brexit within six month if she wins next year's presidential elections.

As polls predict, Le Pen, who made strong gains in regional elections late last year, will qualify for the second round of the presidential elections. Still, her idea on so-called Frexit doesn't match with voters' aspirations, according to latest surveys.

A poll by Ifop published in the beginning of April found that just one in every three Frenchmen wants the country to quit the European Union, while 66 percent say it should stay.

In Britain, 38 percent of respondents want the country to stay in the European Union, while 34 percent of surveyed oppose it, with the rest still undecided, according to a poll by TNS published Wednesday.

The referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union or stay in the bloc is due to take place on June 23.

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