Marine Le Pen in New York: "I do not speak English, me. I am French! »

Le Monde | 22.04.2015
By Stéphane Lauer (New York, correspondant)

Marine Le Pen may well have been named by Time one of the hundred most influential people in the world, it is in French that the president of the National Front tried to get his messages, Tuesday, April 21, at the ceremony organized by the American magazine. "Oh no, I do not speak English, me. I am French! "Does it loose, just before the gala begins at Jazz Lincoln Center in New York.

"I'm part of the majority of the French, who speak little English. In this I am very Gaullist: I speak very badly, "she jokes with an accent you could cut with a knife. It is therefore Ludovic Danne, the European Affairs Adviser of the party, who played the interpreters, the previously requested professional who is failing at the last moment.

"It's a political appointment than 2011 one."
Ms. Le Pen appeared smiling, marching down the red carpet in the middle of a bunch of people, including rapper Kanye West and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, and Julianne Moore, Oscar for Best Actress 2015 "This is the first time I go to this kind of event, "says the president of the FN. In a strapless midnight blue dress - we never change - his companion, Louis Aliot, tuxedo at his side, Ms. Le Pen was visibly delighted to find themselves in the middle of this global elite.
"Let me show curiosity, she justifies. I think we will come to power and, therefore, it is mandatory cross, meet, discuss with powerful people in their respective countries. "" The forgotten France is not forgotten, "she dared before joining her to dinner, as night fell on Central Park.
Although Ms. Le Pen was already in the Time list in 2011, he came to the gala is a first. "It's a political appointment as 2011. At the time, it was a promise. Today, it is the result of an analysis of the political importance takes the FN, "she said. The magazine says the same thing, writing to justify his choice: "There are less than a year, Marine Le Pen announced to Time that his party was in power in a decade. His prediction seems more absurd. »

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