Marine Le Pen as President would Spell ‘Total Collapse’ of EU And Euro, US Ambassador Says

• Marine Le Pen as President would Spell ‘Total Collapse’ of EU And Euro, US Ambassador Says
  by ROMINA MCGUINNESS, http://www.express.co.uk/
  FRANCE’S ambassador to the United States said if Marine Le Pen became the French president it would spell the end of the European Union and the collapse of the euro.
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  Gérard Araud claimed it would be a “total disaster” if Marine Le Pen became France’s president. Mr Araud said that the leader of Front National would trigger a “political earthquake” if her much-trumpeted bid to pull France out of the EU via a ‘Frexit’ referendum was approved by voters.
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  In a candid interview with the Washington Post, he said: “In diplomatic terms, I would say it would be a total disaster… It means the collapse of the EU, because the EU, without France, doesn’t make any sense.” 
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  The government official added the far-right chief would plunge the entire world into financial chaos if Mrs Le Pen severed ties between France and the soon-to-be 27-member bloc.
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  He added: “It (Frexit) means the collapse of the euro and a financial crisis, which will have consequences throughout the world.”
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  Earlier this week, Thierry Dana, France’s envoy in Japan, also warned against voting for Mrs Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election – which will be staged in April and May – in an comment piece published by the French centre-left daily Le Monde on Tuesday. Mr Dana pledged “not to serve” under the hard-right candidate if she is voted into power in the spring.
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