Le Pen says banks will not quit France if it quits euro

Investors will not pull their money from France if it leaves the euro, according to Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate who pledges to call a referendum and restore the national franc currency if elected.

In an interview on Sud Radio and TV channel Public Senat, Le Pen said that, if elected on May 7, she would open talks with the rest of the European Union and organise a referendum within six months.

"At the end of the six months, it will be the French people who decide," she said, adding that this would allow France to see the outcome of