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Marine Le Pen has promised to hold a referendum on France’s place in the EU - similar to Brexit – and Chomsky has tipped the Front National leader to win the presidency in the upcoming election later this year. Brexit has sparked a series of anti-establishment movements across the world in 2016, with Donald Trump’s Presidential election following and Le Pen’s election becoming a real possibility.

GETTY Chomsky has claimed the EU is on the brink of collapse and Le Pen could become the next president

Mr Chomsky said: “I don’t think Germany would initiate it [the collapse of the EU] because they are beneficiaries of the union. If the union falls apart, I think it would be a tragic development.” The 87-year-old said failed “neoliberal policies of the past generation” had spurred the rise of populism and right-wing movements around the world. He added: “These programs were designed in such a way so that they would lead to stagnation and even decline for a large part, actually, majority of the population. They also severely undermined democracy, which is even more true in Europe than in the US.

GETTY Noam Chomsky blamed the failed neoliberal policies from the demise of the EU

The establishment of a single currency without the proper political structure is a recipe for disaster Noam Chomsky

“The result of these processes is that people are angry, disillusioned, their hopes for the future have collapsed.” The esteemed activist said while post-World War II integration was one of the “great achievements” following Hitler’s defeat, he claimed the continuation of the policy was no longer sustainable. Mr Chomsky said: “The establishment of a single currency without the proper political structure is a recipe for disaster.”

He slated the eurozone’s single currency, claiming that nations have “no control over their currencies” and certain nations benefit more than others as there is “no compensatory system that exists in the federal structure like in the US”. He argued that the current system does not all “rich sectors to assist the poor sector in times of difficulty” – a scenario which occurred when Greece was bailed out to the tune of billions but led to turmoil for its citizens. He continued: “In Europe, whoever is elected, no matter where they are in the political spectrum, the policies are going to be the same, because they are not determined by the policies in their countries.”

Things you didn't know about Marine Le Pen Fri, May 5, 2017 Marine Le Pen is a French politician who is the president of the National Front, a national-conservative political party in France and one of its main political forces. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 10 Described as more democratic and republican than her nationalist father, she has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" to detoxify it and soften its image

GETTY Chomsky criticised Donald Trump and his cabinet picks