Marine Le Pen has seized on the referendum on Britain’s EU membership to request a similar vote in France, as she threw her weight behind the Leave camp in the final stretch of the campaign.
The leader of the French far-right National Front party said that the UK referendum taking place on Thursday was proof that the EU was “decaying”, as she pressed her case for France to leave the bloc.
“I would vote for Brexit, even if I think that France has a thousand more reasons to leave than the UK,” Ms Le Pen said in a televised interview on Tuesday evening. “Because we have the euro and Schengen,” she added, referring to the single currency and the passport-free zone she staunchly opposes .... http://www.ft.com
