An Israeli minister endorsed Marine Le Pen for French president, saying she would make an «excellent» leader for the country as her right-wing party seeks significant gains in the current election.
An Israeli minister has endorsed Marine Le Pen for French president, saying she would make an «excellent» leader for the country as her right-wing party seeks significant gains in the current election.
«It is excellent for Israel that she will be the president of France, with 10 exclamation marks», Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said Tuesday, later indicating that his view may be shared by other members of Israel’s leadership.
«I think I and Netanyahu are of the same opinion», he said when asked whether the Israeli prime minister shared his view, according to The Times of Israel. The outlet stressed that it remains unclear what had prompted Chikli to discuss Le Pen.
Le Pen’s National Rally outperformed expectations in the European parliamentary elections, trouncing French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party and prompting him to call a snap election as he felt it created tension in the country if the electorate no longer believed in his party and their policies.
