'It will be a total disaster' if Marine Le Pen wins the French election, says France's US envoy

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'It will be a total disaster' if Marine Le Pen wins the French election, says France's US envoy

Gérard Araud, France's highly regarded ambassador to the United States, didn't mince words when I asked him what would happen if Marine Le Pen won the country's upcoming presidential election.

"In diplomatic terms, I would say it will be a total disaster," said Araud. He explained that should Le Pen make good on her vows to remove France from the European Union and the eurozone, these departures would trigger a "political earthquake" in the West.

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[Shkembe Chorba]

She aint winning.

[Loki]

It will be a total disaster for bad people, yes. That is correct.

[jingorex]

best of luck to marine and france.

i think the neterlands election is next, go gert!

[Óttar]

If Le Pen doesn't win, France is going to become Nouvelle Algerie...

[Freeroostah]

If it is a total disaster for people like Hillary, Merkel, Oland etc then I dont give a single dime whether Le Pen wins.

[JohnSmith]

She speak what she believes to be true the EU has no doubt made France weaker and subservient to Germany.

[Loki]

She speak what she believes to be true the EU has no doubt made France weaker and subservient to Germany.

The EU is essentially a modern Holy Roman Empire, with Germany as the ruling base.

[JohnSmith]

The EU is essentially a modern Holy Roman Empire, with Germany as the ruling base.

Yes, Germany has found a way to exploit their neighbors through currency manipulation. They really are like locust. They gave Greece loans they knew they could never repay and then they bailout the German banks that provided those loans and then they say they bailout the Greeks. They bailed out themselves.

Truth is Greece in the EURO helps Germany's economy because Greece weakens the EURO and that help Germany export more.

Germany's Trade imbalance with their neighbors is extremely destabilizing for the EU's future