Le Pen prepares for power: "France is the least racist country in the world, we will expel those who hate us"
Marine Le Pen, the leading candidate in polls for the French presidency, said in an interview with CBS that France is "the least racist country in the world" and promised to expel immigrants who "hate" it. She denied the existence of discrimination in the country, against the backdrop of a study that determined otherwise, and spoke of the end of "the world of unbridled globalization."
The leader of the far right in France, Marine Le Pen, gave an interview to the American network CBS's "60 Minutes" program, in which she claimed that France is "the least racist country in the world" and promised to expel immigrants who "hate" her country. Le Pen, whom polls predict will win the presidential election next year, said France cannot accommodate immigrants who refuse to assimilate, and called claims of discrimination "non-existent." Interviewer Trevor Phillips reminded her that she was once considered a fringe figure, and she replied that the French have come to know her and that this is "the end of a world built on unbridled globalization." French media recalled a study by the Human Rights Commission that showed that perceived origin is a major factor in discrimination. Le Pen and her party "National Rally" are expected to face Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the far left in the second round of the election.