Marine Le Pen is the leader of an avowedly nationalist party so it perhaps shouldn't be all that much of a surprise that the economic plans are very nationalist. This is simply not a good idea:In a speech on Wednesday, Le Pen laid out the nationalist policies based on “economic patriotism” that would be put enacted if she wins the two-round presidential election. To create jobs, Le Pen wants to make the “reconquest” of French markets a priority. Florian Philippot said the tax would apply to non-nationals, including citizens of other European Union countries. But for me the idea of being out of the European Union, as with Brexit, is so as to be able to declare unilateral free trade.

Source: Forbes March 04, 2017 06:48 UTC