“Goldman Sachs topples governments everywhere,” Marine Le Pen told supporters in Lyon, southeast France. “Goldman Sachs places its men at the top of euro zone countries. Goldman Sachs puts its man at the head of the European Central Bank,” she went on. “In Greece, Italy, the ECB, oligarchs have taken power.”
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Saturday U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs “topples governments everywhere” and the euro is “devastating” for her country as she sought to boost her flagging campaign to become president.
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But her loyal support base means Le Pen, the leader of the National Front, can still play a crucial role in the subsequent, two-candidate May 6 runoff that is expected to pit Sarkozy against Hollande.
In a speech that played to populist fears about immigration, unemployment and the power of financial markets, Le Pen painted Goldman Sachs as an all-powerful institution that controlled entire nations as well as the European Central Bank.
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