French runoff vote will be referendum on globalisation - Le Pen campaign

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, leaves after voting in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - French far right leader Marine Le Pen's campaign director David Rachline said the National Front candidate's qualification for the May 7 runoff vote turned the second round of France's presidential election into a referendum on globalisation.

National Front lawmaker Marion Marechal-Le Pen, said separately that her aunt's qualification was a "victory for patriots".