Le Pen soars in French Polls to Top

Marine Le Pen has refused to wear a headscarf at a meeting with a Grand Mufti in Lebanon. The incident is likely to be well received by their electorate in France. Ms Le Pen in the first round of voting in France’s Presidential elections in April, is expected to top the polls. When she was offered a scarf to wear to a scheduled meeting with the Sunni religious leader, the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, she declined. ‘You can pass on my respects to the grand mufti, but I will not cover myself up,’ she said. Le Pen has adopted the same approach as Donald Trump making her slogan – France First.

This post was published at Armstrong Economics on Feb 24, 2017.