French independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron | Sean Gallup/Getty Images | Sean Gallup/Getty Images Marine Le Pen criticizes Emmanuel Macron for speaking English Far-right National Front says the presidential candidate has ‘no respect’ for the French language.

France's far-right National Front party criticized Emmanuel Macron, a centrist candidate in the upcoming presidential election, for speaking in English at a conference Tuesday in Berlin.

"Presidential candidate Macron goes to Berlin to do a conference in English ... poor France!” Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front party wrote on Twitter.

Le candidat à la présidentielle Macron va à Berlin faire une conférence en anglais... Pauvre France ! MLP — Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) January 10, 2017

Florian Philippot, the party's deputy leader, said according to AFP that Macron's move shows that he "has no respect for our language and that he doesn't believe in France."

Macron, a former French economy minister, spoke at Berlin's Humboldt University about his plans for European security, and the euro, if elected president.

An opinion poll published Tuesday suggests that Macron, who started a movement called "En Marche" is closing in on Le Pen and the center right’s François Fillon, the two favorites to make it to the second round of the election in May.