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    Factbox-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer

    By Layli Foroudi

    PARIS (Reuters) - Opinion polls point to the far-right's Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match.

    Le Pen has shifted her campaign focus to purchasing power, the number one priority for French voters, without shedding far-right policies from her election programme.

    Here are her main policy proposals https://mlafrance.fr/programme:

    ECONOMY

    * No income tax for those aged under 30

    * VAT on energy at 5.5{5ad0cd663e4180c32b8049fbde12201ec3855e324a84c95f0595f875746ae8b3} from current 20{5ad0cd663e4180c32b8049fbde12201ec3855e324a84c95f0595f875746ae8b3}. VAT at 0{5ad0cd663e4180c32b8049fbde12201ec3855e324a84c95f0595f875746ae8b3} for essential products such as pasta and diapers as long as inflation is one point higher than growth.

    * No employer contributions on pay rises of up to 10{5ad0cd663e4180c32b8049fbde12201ec3855e324a84c95f0595f875746ae8b3}

    * Early retirement at 60 for those who have worked 40 years. Increase low pensions

    * Scrap inheritance tax for middle and low income families. No tax on donations of up to 100,000 euros per child or grandchild every ten years

    IMMIGRATION

    * Only French citizens will have access to welfare benefits

    * French nationals will be given preference in access to social housing and to jobs

    * Stop family reunification

    * Systematically deport undocumented migrants, foreigners convicted of crimes

    * Withdraw residency for migrants that are out of work for more than a year

    * Remove birthright citizenship

    * Asylum requests to be processed outside of France

    SECURITY

    * Re-establish mandatory sentencing and remove the possibility of reduced sentences

    * Establish presumption of legitimate defense for security forces

    ISLAM

    * Strip French citizenship for people with extreme Islamist views

    * Close mosques and Islamic associations that contradict French constitutional values

    * Ban the hijab and religious symbols in all public spaces and for parents on school trips

    EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL

    * Withdraw France from NATO's military command structures

    * For the French constitution to prevail over international law

    * Create a "European Alliance of Nations" intended to progressively replace the European Union

    * End Franco-German cooperation agreements established since 2017

    ENERGY

    * Stop wind turbine projects and dismantle existing ones

    * Leave the European electricity market

    * Invest in nuclear energy

    (Reporting by Layli Foroudi; Editing by Ingrid Melander)

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