Candidate for the 2017 presidential election Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader, arrives for a debate organised by French private TV channel TF1 in Aubervilliers, outside Paris, France, March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen stole a line from pro-Brexit campaigners in a televised debate on Monday, castigating other presidential candidates who criticised her plans to leave the euro as resorting to "project fear".
Le Pen sought to portray Britain's decision to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's election in the United States as examples to follow and said these decisions did not have the catastrophic results predicted by opponents.
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