French
presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that NATO exists only ‘to
serve Washington’s objectives’, and that she planned to hold a
Brexit-style referendum, in an interview with a Greek newspaper.
Le Pen, the
leader of France's far-right National Front and a candidate for the
2017 presidential elections, is known for her Euroscepticism and
anti-immigrant views. Together with France, she also suggested that
Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Cyprus should also leave
the European Union.
“Frexit
will be a part of my policy,” she said in an interview with
Dimokratia. “The people must have the opportunity to vote for
the liberation from slavery and blackmail imposed by technocrats in
Brussels to return sovereignty to the country.”
Along with
her main rival, the center-right Francois Fillon, Le Pen has called
for closer ties with Russia and has criticized NATO expansion into
eastern Europe. Le Pen said that she would take France out of the
alliance if she became president because, as she said, its existence
is no longer needed.
“It was
established when there was a risk from the Warsaw Pact and the
expansionism of the communist Soviet Union,” said Le Pen. “The
Soviet Union no longer exists, and neither does the Warsaw Pact.
Washington maintains the NATO presence to serve its objectives in
Europe.”
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