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With a “return to monetary sovereignty” a key pledge in Le Pen’s campaign, the National Front leader is promising to call a summit of EU leaders and the European Central Bank (ECB) where she plans to push for eurozone members to replace the single currency.

In its place would be a basket of new national currencies, similar to the European Currency Unit which was the unit of account of the European Community before it was replaced by the euro in 1999.