French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday that Europe should retain a single currency even if France withdraws from the euro zone, nuancing her previous position. The National Front chief has long called for “Frexit,” a French withdrawal from the European Union. This would happen after a referendum on EU membership if she was elected next May (Le Pen has suggested that she would step down if the French rejected her preferred outcome). But this time she said that after a referendum, Europe should retain a common currency, the euro, in parallel to the French franc. It was the first time Le Pen had ... (full story)