Marine Le Pen has called for foreign children to be banned from accessing free education in France.
The far-right candidate in the French presidential elections warned of “no more playtime” during a speech in Paris
"I've got nothing against foreigners but I say to them ‘If you come to our country, don't expect that you will be taken care of, treated, and that your children will be educated for free’,” she said., according to the BBC.
“That's finished now.”
Mrs Le Pen’s campaign manager later told AFP she was only referring to children of “illegal immigrants”.
The Front National leader is widely expected to be one of two candidates to reach the second round of the 2017 election in the spring.
Mrs Le Pen wants to take France out of the Eurozone and plans to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union.
David Cameron has said a victory for Mrs Le Pen would be a “body blow” for the European project.
But the latest opinion poll suggests she would suffer a heavy defeat by Francis Fillon, the conservative candidate for France.
