"It's obvious that, within a year, we'll have new legislative elections," says Marine Le Pen during a visit to Hénin-Beaumont. Le Pen is using the visit to urge President Emmanuel Macron to call a referendum on key issues such as immigration in order to break the country's political deadlock. "France needs a clear majority," she says.
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00:00It is obvious that in a year's time we will have new legislative elections.
00:07And this is a happy thing.
00:09This is a happy thing because I think that France needs a clear majority.
00:13France has been deprived of this by an electoral maneuver
00:18which consisted in having more than 200 candidates resign.
00:24But it would be better if there was an absolute majority.
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