Marine Le Pen on March 9, 2021 in Paris.

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She is already imagining her cabinet.

Marine Le Pen wishes to form, if she is elected president, a "government of national unity", not excluding to include her niece Marion Maréchal, she announced Thursday on BFMTV, ensuring not to have " fear of power ”.

“I want a government of national unity.

Because that is what will make it possible to present to the French the necessary unity around a political project, ”declared the president of the National Rally.

Asked about the possible appointment in this government of her niece and former MP Marion Maréchal, who had criticized her aunt's strategy in September, Marine Le Pen replied "why not".

“Marion is a bright young woman, who was an MP, who is now in civil society.

If she wants to come back to play politics tomorrow, if she wants to represent civil society, why not, ”said the candidate for the Elysee Palace.

A government in mind

The far-right leader also cited as possible Minister of Justice the MEP Jean-Paul Garraud, former UMP MP and current RN candidate for the regional in Occitanie, and as possible Minister of the Environment MEP Hervé Juvin , former advisor to Raymond Barre, and champion of a civilizational, protectionist and identity ecology, candidate of the RN in the Pays-de-Loire.

Marine Le Pen did not give a name for the post of Prime Minister, nor for that of Minister of the Economy, but assured that "these are not the names that are lacking for this ministry".

The head of the RN stressed that she was "not afraid of power".

“I am not afraid of power.

I do not back down from an obstacle ”.

Marine Le Pen also said that she "did not see power as Emmanuel Macron sees it" and that she intended "to listen and especially to give a voice to the French".

Marine Le Pen also indicated that, if she was elected, her first political decision would probably be to "organize a referendum on immigration" and that she was in favor of "a non-renewable seven-year term".

"I'm not afraid of strangers"

Marine Le Pen challenged the accusation of "xenophobia" and assured that she was "not afraid of foreigners".

"I have no negative feelings towards foreigners, I have no hatred, I have no fear of foreigners," said the far-right leader and candidate for the Elysee on BFMTV.

“I'm not afraid” of immigration, “I just consider it bad for my country.

I just see the negative effects of illegal immigration, which weighs on our public finances, which is one of the elements of the worsening of insecurity in our country, which generates disturbances to public order, which we must take charge, ”she added.

“We find in a certain number of militants or voters of the extreme left this feeling that to fight against deregulated immigration, to control the borders, it is an act of xenophobia.

I formally dispute this accusation, "said Marine Le Pen, who claims a" demonization "of her party of accusations of anti-Semitism and racism since taking office in 2011.

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