Front National (National Front - FN) far-right party's President and European MP Marine Le Pen speaks during a convention on November 8, 2016 in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG |
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday as the Republican appeared close to victory in the US presidential election.
Le Pen, who heads the anti-immigration National Front (FN), tweeted: “Congratulations to the new president of the United States Donald Trump and to the free American people”.
AFP