Pensions, government, Russia … What to remember from Marine Le Pen’s interview on BFMTV – BFMTV

The National Rally candidate was the exceptional guest of BFMTV this Wednesday evening. Marine Le Pen answered Bruce Toussaint’s questions this Wednesday evening from her campaign headquarters. From the forceful evacuation of an environmental activist to her press conference, including her positions with regard to Russia, a look back at the highlights of this interview. • Activist dragged to the ground: she returns the responsibility “to the police of Mr. Darmanin” Asked initially about the muscular exfiltration of an environmental activist at her press conference, Marine Le Pen explained that “it was Mr. Darmanin’s police officers” who evacuated the young woman, dragged to the ground in front of the cameras.”I saw nothing at all, in this case I saw absolutely nothing”, she assured our antenna, rejoicing that the activist “had no intention more dangerous than to challenge me”. According to our information, the person dragging the activist out of the room where Marine Le Pen was holding her press conference is not a police officer but a member of the special order service of the National Rally .• She denounces the “brutal and aggressive” tone of Mac ronMarine Le Pen evokes a change of “tone” on the part of the president-candidate between the first round and the second round of the election. A behavior that she considers “brutal and aggressive towards (her) respect”. “I have been campaigning for thirty weeks, he for three days”, she added on BFMTV, explains that “what will be played , it is above all a question of mobilization”. “It’s a fight of ideas, not a fight of people”, she continued. • She does not want a “government of technicians” Asked about the choice of her Prime Minister in the event of victory, the candidate of the National Rally refused to give a name but affirmed that she is already working to “constitute a government team.” My Prime Minister will be a politician, a team leader […] who will respect the coherence of the project that I will have submitted”, she declared on BFMTV, explaining that she did not want a “government of technicians”. • “Retirement at 65, for certain professions, is inhuman”While Emmanuel Macron has been repeatedly questioned about his pension reform project, Marine Le Pen pleaded for a “progressive system” for pensions, with a legal retirement age set at a maximum of 62 years and reduced at 60 for people who started working before the age of 20. A project that she considers financeable and fairer for the French. she judged, making her program a “choice of society” for the French. “What Emmanuel Macron is trying to do is lower pensions, that’s all he wants to do. And I do not want it”, assured the candidate. • She refutes any conflict of interest between RN MEPs and RussiaEmmanuel Macron denounced last week “the culpable absence” of RN European parliamentarians who refrained from vote a support plan for Ukraine before the war with Russia.None of the 19 RN MEPs also voted for the sanctions taken by the EU against Russia.Questioned on this subject, Marine Le Pen assured that he there is “in no case” a conflict of interest between the MEPs of her party and Russia. “The deputies of the RN defend the interests of France”, she affirmed on BFMTV. Marine Le Pen, who described as “ineffective” the sanctions taken against Russia, also explained that “as long as the war is not over”, “there is absolutely no reason” for it in the event of victory to go to Moscow meets Vladimir Putin. • She wants to fine the wearing of the veil in public spaceMarine Le Pen explained on BFMTV that she wanted to sanction with a fine the wearing of the veil in public space, also accusing certain brands of selling “collections of modesty”. “It is completely contrary to our values, to the respect that is due to women. It is a uniform imposed by the Islamists”, she estimated. “The objective is to put pressure on those who do not wear one, that the fact of not wearing one isolates because they are singled out.” The RN candidate does not however intend to increase the penalty in the event of a repeat offense: “when you do not put your seat belt on you have a fine. If you don’t put it the next day, you have the same fine”. • She says she is approaching the debate “very calmly”. facing Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen will again discuss with him for several hours next week. “An election is not only played on a debate, it is played on the entire campaign, on the project, on the personality”, she said, adding to approach “very serenely” this moment of the campaign before the second round. The candidate of the National Rally finally assured that she wanted to “continue to defend the French” in the event of another defeat against Emmanuel Macron .Hugues Garnier Journalist BFMTV