Macron's Foreign Policy Risks Isolating France On Global Stage - Le Pen

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Rally party (RN), formerly known as the National Front, criticized in an interview with Sputnik on Wednesday the foreign policy of French President Emmanuel Macron, arguing that the country's current external policy was pushing France into self-isolation on the international scene.

PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th November, 2018) Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Rally party (RN), formerly known as the National Front, criticized in an interview with Sputnik on Wednesday the foreign policy of French President Emmanuel Macron, arguing that the country's current external policy was pushing France into self-isolation on the international scene.

"First of all, Mr. Macron is criticizing everyone. He is pursuing foreign policy which is limited to threatening and insulting his European colleagues ... The reality is that the world of Mr. Macron is falling apart, he is finding himself extremely isolated on the global stage," Le Pen stated.

She also accused Macron of triggering conflicts with states whose cooperation might be lucrative for France.

Le Pen, who was beaten by Macron in the 2017 presidential runoff by over 30 percentage points, has criticized her opponent on numerous occasions for his failures both domestically and internationally. In October, Le Pen alluded to the classic The Emperor's New Clothes tale when speaking about her former rival, saying that instead of the professionalism and expertise of presidential candidate Macron, France was currently forced to deal with the "amateurism" and "improvisation" of President Macron.