Marine Le Pen judge the French intervention in Mali légitime

PARIS (Reuters) - The president of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, said Monday that the French intervention in Mali was "legitimate" even if she felt that Paris had its share of responsibility in the events occurring in this pays.

"I believe legitimate," she said on RTL. "But I think that the development of Islamists in northern Mali is a direct consequence of the action choices, obvious errors, strategic, that have been made particularly in Libya and Syria" .

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Marine Le Pen, the French intervention is not interference but responds to "a request for a moderate government with which we have a defense cooperation and is struggling with advanced Islamic fundamentalists." < / p>

"But again, do not clear customs nor the government, nor its predecessor, the responsibility for this situation. Because we are left with a paradox where extremely cruel arms against which we fight TODAY ' Today may be ours, since they are the ones we parachuted including Libya, to support Islamists were introduced and took the rebellion here and in Syria, "she still déclaré.

Yann Le Guernigou, edited by Tangi Salaün