France's Le Pen abandons 'Frexit' and franc pitch, Telegraph newspaper says


  • World
  • Monday, 22 May 2017

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, France's National Front political party head, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, near Paris, France, May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen will abandon her pitch to leave the European Union and restore the French franc, the party’s chief economic strategist was quoted as saying by Britain's Telegraph newspaper.

Le Pen said on Friday that the far-right party would start debating its trademark anti-euro stance after next month's parliamentary elections.

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