Paris (AFP)

Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday that she did not "believe" in Emmanuel Macron who has hardened the tone on immigration, saying he was "in the presidential campaign".

The head of state said Monday evening, in front of his majority and the government, that it was necessary to look at the subject of immigration "in front" and not be "a bourgeois party", because it is the popular classes " who live with "and have migrated to the far right.

"We had a debate on immigration a few months ago it seems to me in the National Assembly.All the proposals we have put on the table to prevent this diversion, including the right to asylum ( ?) were blackballed by MPs In March, so I do not believe it, "said BFMTV / RMC President of the National Gathering.

On immigration, "it's been two and a half years that he (Emmanuel Macron) has not seen anything either, he has not listened to anything," added the leader of the far-right party.

Calling Mr. Macron's "electoralist" attitude, she said to have "seen others before him", as Nicolas Sarkozy, harden the tone on immigration "because they engage in a campaign election ". "Emmanuel Macron clearly engages in the presidential campaign".

The finalist of the presidential election in 2017, who made his political comeback Sunday in view of the municipal, "prelude" to the presidential election, suggested organizing a "referendum" on immigration.

"Is it not clearer to ask the French (?) Yes or no the law of the soil, yes or no family reunification, yes or no control of our borders again?" The pen.

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