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Le Pen: In France, We Respect Election Results

Le Pen: In France, We Respect Election Results
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France's National Front leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told RT she believes the French citizens will accept the outcome of the presidential elections if they turn in her favor - without staging mass protests like those sweeping across the US.

Le Pen: In France, We Respect Election Results

When asked if she expects a similar wave of protests that hit the US after Trump's election to follow her potential victory in the French presidential elections, Le Pen said that: "France is a democratic country, when elections are over, we respect the result."

On Wednesday, the National Front leader, who has been recently gaining ground on her main opponent, Republican ex-PM Francois Fillon, made headlines after she was refused an entry to the refugee camp outside Dunkirk.

Le Pen was barred from entering on the grounds she turned up without notifying the camp authorities prior to the visit.

Known as a vocal critic of France's immigration policy, Len Pen took issue to Twitter branding the incident "democracy a la francaise." She argued that if the visit was announced beforehand, she would have been given a polished tour around.

At an improvised press conference outside the camp, Le Pen then lambasted the government for failing to stop the influx of asylum seekers with what she believes is incoherent policy.

"We tell immigrants that we don't want them to come to France, but at the same time, we encourage the ones that are here to stay," she said, as cited by The Express, calling on the authorities to stop providing refugees and migrants with "false hope" by sending mixed signals.


The mayor of the town of Grande-Synthe, where the camp is located, added further fuel to the debate, claiming that he was behind the controversial decision to prevent Le Pen from inspecting the facility.

"I denied access to Marine Le Pen, who dared to show up! Humanity is the value she ignores!" Mayor Damien Careme wrote on Twitter. He also accused Le Pen of promoting hate and division.

Source: RT, Edited by website team

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