Le Pen foresees far-right bloc in EU parliament

France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen told a Sunday paper that she expects her party to get enough votes in the May 22 to 25 European elections to form a bloc with other Eurosceptics that can stop the EU’s progress.

The Front, which has three representatives in the European Parliament, hopes to get 15 to 20 European MPs, Le Journal du Dimanche quoted her as saying.

“We take part [in the election] to block the progress of the European project,” Le Pen said.