French leader Marine Le Pen proposes that children of illegal immigrants be refused school places as part of tough measures. ‘If you come to our country, don’t expect that you will be taken care of,’ says French far-right leader

• Le Pen pulls no punches when discussing her reasoning behind measure to block education to those in France illegally, “I’ve got nothing against foreigners but I say to them: if you come to our country, don’t expect that you will be taken care of, treated (by the health system) and that your children will be educated for free,”. Le Pen also stated: “That’s finished now, it’s the end of playtime,” she told an audience at a conference organized by a polling group in Paris.

• The leader of the National Front (FN) is forecast by opinion polls to finish second in next year’s presidential election but she is hoping for new momentum after the victory of Donald Trump in the US. The FN sees itself as part of a global revolt against immigration, established political parties and globalization.

• She says to be promoting national solidarity for the most humble and poor.

• Polls currently show her qualifying for the second round of the election next May, where she is forecast to face – and be defeated by – the right wing Republican’s party candidate, François Fillon.

• Reports indicate that few project her to be victorious, but as was seen in the U.S. 2016 election, analysts can be proven to be completely wrong.

• Le Pen wants to withdraw France from the eurozone and has called for a referendum on France’s membership of the European Union.

• Fillon has also taken a tough line on immigration in his program, promising to reduce it to a “strict minimum” and calling on newcomers to adapt to French culture. He has rejected the idea of “multiculturalism” and insists France must defend its traditions, language and identity.

Original article by The Guardian / TRUNEWS summary.

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