Campaigning in Burgundy the day after reaching the second round of France’s presidential elections, Marine Le Pen could not have seemed clearer: “I do not want to leave the EU,” she said. “That is not my objective.”
Much of what the far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) leader does want to do, however – on the economy, social policy and immigration – implies breaking the EU’s rules, and her possible arrival in the Élysée Palace next weekend could prove calamitous for the 27-member bloc.
