Le Pen, gesticulating energetically across the table from a disengaged-looking Mr. Putin. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“I won’t hide that, in a certain sense, I admire Vladimir Putin,” Ms. Le Pen’s ideological closeness to both Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin, saying she is well placed to form alliances with both. Le Pen criticized the European Union, which she wants France to leave, for having “mistreated” Russia, calling Russia an “indispensable interlocutor” in the Middle East. Le Pen told a group of bemused diplomats in a gilded hall in the fashionable 16th Arrondissement.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 17:12 UTC