After doing good but losing inward this month's Presidential election, Marine Le Pen of the Front National has obviously done a U-turn on i of her party's signature policies - French larn out from the European Union (FREXIT) in addition to the restoration of the French Franc every bit the currency of France.
As reported past times the British Cuckservative Daily Telegraph:
Marine Le Pen is to abandon all plans to leave of absence the European Union in addition to restore the French franc, accepting that her high-risk strategy has proved a costly mistake for the party. The Front National’s leadership volition concord a forum subsequently the parliamentary elections side past times side calendar month to thrash out an exclusively novel policy. 'There volition live on no Frexit. We demand hold taken banknote of what the French people told us,' said Bernard Monot, the party’s primary economical strategist. 'I proceed to intend that the euro is non technically feasible but it makes no feel for us to maintain insisting stubbornly. From immediately on our policy volition live on to renegotiate the European Union treaties to hand us to a greater extent than command over our budget in addition to banking regulations.'
This is clearly a deed motivated past times the side past times side month's French parliamentary elections. The French media in addition to large concern demand hold succeeded inward gaslighting the French populace into believing that FREXIT would usher inward a stream of economical chaos.
In the Presidential elections fought before this month, Le Pen was striking difficult past times the fears of French boomers who felt her FREXIT policy would striking their pensions. Although she did good amongst younger historic stream groups, Le Pen was only able to larn 20% of the over-65 vote to Macron's 80%.
This alter inward policy may assist the Front National to apply ameliorate inward the parliamentary elections, but it every bit good shows that the political party is prepared to compromise to a disturbing degree.
