Today he is running for president in France, the strong pro-Putin and Le Pen statement in 2017

“The main political issues I advocate are those advocated by Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin.”said Le Pen.

Five years ago this statement could be called personal, but not today, with the war in Ukraine and the threat of the whole world from Russia.

In this regard, she said she has changed her mind, but again Le Pen remains a ‘threat’ if she wins the election.

Le Pen has worked hard to change her image in the media, to make her right-wing extremist past forgotten and to remove the negative effect left behind by her father, Jean-Marie le Pen, former Front leader National.

It will now neither leave the euro nor the EU. Regarding foreign policy, she says, she wants a normal relationship with Russia, just like with Great Britain.

Le Pen was in Moscow when he met with the Russian leader before the 2017 presidential election. In October 2014, his right-wing party, then known as the ‘National Front’, borrowed € 9mln from a Russian bank to finance the campaign.

“The occupation of Ukraine is a flagrant violation of international law and absolutely unjustifiable. “Russia is a great power, a great nuclear power, and it is on our continent so it’s up to us to find solutions to live with it,” she said, according to Britain’s The Guardian.

So far polls see Macron as the winner of the second round in late April.

Now it all depends on whether Macron will be able to mobilize voters, because many French people are still undecided. Macron responded to criticism from the Polish government that he was still in contact with Putin. “I’m left with my choice, to talk to Russia… and I have never been (Putin) a collaborator, like some others.” It was implied that it was about Marine Le Pen.

Many French see Macron as competent, but also as an arrogant member of the hated elite. Prior to becoming president, he held the post of Minister of Economy, but never ran for public office.

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