She promises to restore French glory, pull France out of the EU and return to the franc currency. ''Le Pen, speaking Monday at a Paris region campaign rally, said:``The English Channel and the North Sea opening onto the Anglo-Saxon world and to the immense northern spaces. ''Like three of her aides earlier in the day, Le Pen used the word ``wink'' to describe the extracts copied word for word from Fillon. ''Fillon and his aides have not commented on Le Pen's move, which puts his Republicans party in an awkward spot. ''Couteaux has past links to both Fillon's campaign and Le Pen, according to French media reports.Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, her centrist rival in Sunday's runoff election, have their only televised debate on Wednesday.

Source: Economic Times May 03, 2017 01:52 UTC