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France Has More Reasons to Leave EU Than UK - National Front Leader

© AP Photo / Michel SpinglerFrench far-right party leader Marine Le Pen gestures during a meeting in Lille, northern France, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.
French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen gestures during a meeting in Lille, northern France, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Leader of France's right-wing National Front party Marine Le Pen said on Friday she believes that her country has more reasons to leave the European Union than the United Kingdom.

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"It is the British public to decide but I personally think that France has perhaps a thousand times more reasons to seek exit from the EU than the Englishmen have," Le Pen said ahead of a meeting of European parties' heads in Vienna, as quoted by the TF1 broadcaster.

The leader of the National Front has been long campaigning on the anti-EU platform. In 2012, Le Pen suggested that all EU member states should halt the Schengen agreement. Most recently the right-wing politician promised to initiate an in-out referendum in France similar to the voting on EU membership in Great Britain within six month if she wins the presidential elections in 2017.

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