'She WILL do it' Marine Le Pen supporters call for END of euro and return of the Franc
MARINE Le Pen supporters have said they trust her with taking France out of Europe's single currency and back to the Franc.
Marine Le Pen on Saturday said ditching the euro was not her top economic priority
Le Pen on Saturday said ditching the euro was not her top economic priority, in a bid to broaden her support amid voters worried over her trademark policy, ahead of the presidential election run-off May 7 vote against centrist front-runner Emmanuel Macron.
However, on Sunday she renewed her attacks against the single currency, which she said was "dead", - renewing a key theme of her campaign which has been marked by her anti-European Union, 'Frexit' stance.
Opinion polls show that while an overwhelming majority of FN voters back a return to the Franc, about three quarters of French voters want to keep the euro, making it a major hurdle to Le Pen's quest for power.
Sylvain Laour, a 50 year old security officer, said as Le Pen held her last major rally: "It's obvious that exiting the euro takes time, it might be a bit slower but she will do it, it's in her programme."
The French politician has said that she believes the single currency is 'dead'
French protestors march against BOTH Macron and Le Pen
He had arrived by bus with a group of supporters from the northern France FN stronghold of Henin-Beaumont to hear Le Pen.
I've always been against the EU
Yves and Lydie Carbon, who had travelled from the eastern French region of Aube, said Le Pen's anti-European Union stance was one of the reasons they voted for her.
Three quarters of French voters want to keep the euro
Mrs Carbon, who like her husband is a civil servant and wants France to leave the EU, said: "I've always been against the EU."
Both said they were not worried by Le Pen's statement on Saturday with her new ally, rightwinger Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, that leaving the euro was not a pre-condition to economic policies.
The French Presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
Her husband Mr Carbon said: "It might take some time, she needs to take into account the worries of some voters."
Jean-Guy Protin, a primary school teacher from Tours, said: "We need to be master of our destiny, get our borders back.
"Leaving the euro is part of this package, she will do it."