Wednesday, January 04, 2017

#FRANCE: National Front's Marine LePen Now Says She'd Keep The Euro Alongside Franc

[world politics news]




Presidential candidate Marine LePen has adopted a "nuanced" position on leaving the Euro, at a time when polling shows that a full withdrawal is unpopular with voters. She now says her government would keep the Euro - the common European currency - as part of a "basket" of currencies, along with a revived French Franc. Older citizens worry that a sharp withdrawal from the Euro could cause currency fluctuations that would degrade their savings. She is, however, sticking by her call for a referendum on leaving  the European Union as a political institution.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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