Economics
Le Pen Aides Met UBS, BlackRock, Barclays to Explain Euro Exit
- National Front aides likened to Varoufakis by one analyst
- Meetings show Le Pen victory seen as increasingly realistic
Le Pen Advisers Explain Euro Exit Plans to Banks
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Top advisers to French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen have met with strategists and analysts from BlackRock Inc, Barclays Plc and UBS Group AG, among other firms to explain their economic program and plans to withdraw France from the euro.
While such meetings are common for campaign officials from mainstream parties in France and other European countries, this is the first time Le Pen’s National Front has been approached, the candidate’s chief economic adviser Bernard Monot and her business aide Mikael Sala said in interviews. In the last seven months, they have met with analysts from British and American financial institutions in Paris, Brussels and Strasbourg at the firms’ request.