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Le Pen meets European envoys over EU plans
Marine Le Pen lunched with ambassadors from eight bordering countries to discuss her vision for downsizing the EU and France's role in it.
In brief
Marine Le Pen lunched with ambassadors from eight bordering countries to discuss her vision for downsizing the EU and France's role in it. Marine Le Pen met with ambassadors from eight European nations to outline her plans to shrink EU institutions and cut France's budget contribution ahead of the 2027 election…
Le Pen hosts eight ambassadors
Marine Le Pen met with European ambassadors from Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco and Andorra at the Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris on Wednesday.
Le Pen's EU downsizing agenda
Le Pen, leading 2027 election polls, plans to downsize EU institutions, turn the European Commission into a secretariat with no competence on foreign policy, internal security or health, and drastically cut France's EU budget contribution.
Ambassadors quiz Le Pen on key issues
The ambassadors questioned Le Pen mainly about her EU downsizing plans, bilateral issues, and U.S. President Donald Trump after his midterm election defeat. Le Pen has campaigned for stricter border checks on migration.
Adviser on the meeting's impact
An adviser to Le Pen said: "I don't know if it reassured or worried them. What is sure is that they can now report back to their capitals what the National Rally wants to do."
“I don't know if it reassured or worried them”
Le Pen plans more diplomatic meetings
Le Pen's team announced she will meet with the Ukrainian ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, in Paris on Monday, November 16.
The short version
Marine Le Pen met with ambassadors from eight European nations to outline her plans to shrink EU institutions and cut France's budget contribution ahead of the 2027 election.
