Marine Le Pen wants a common currency, the euro, in parallel to the French franc

Marine Le Pen is head of the far-right National Front

• She says Europe should retain a single currency even if France withdraws from the euro zone
• "I want a national currency with the euro as a common currency," Le Pen said on BFMTV
• An assistant to le Pen says a return to the ECU, a basket of European currencies that existed before the euro, was one of several options being studied in the event of a withdrawal from the Euro

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(h/t LiveSquawk)

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Dunno why I'm posting this. Pollies jettison promises as soon as they've won anyway.