Marine Le Pen speaks at a a campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, on 1 May ReutersBut reporters from a TV station found the shirt displayed on a mannequin had an untouched label stating the piece of clothing had been made in Bangladesh, well known for our textile manufacture and cheap labour.
When asked, the stall holder selling the memorabilia said the embroidery work had been done in France.
“This is not at all contradictory to Le Pen’s programme because we are asking for products to be made in France and the embroidery work on the T-shirts was made in France," he told the TV station.
“So the finished work was made in France. The problem for the supplier was a problem of workforce, which was not competitive enough to make in France. This is why we are fighting for French production lines.”
Asked whether he could explain why the labels had been cut from every single T-shirt, the vendor said he could not answer the question.
Le Pen stepped down as leader of the far right Front National party last week, claiming it would allow her to represent better the interests of "all French people."
Despite the party's patriotic stance, last year T-shirts made for the party were found to have been produced in Morocco, according to the HuffPost Maghreb.
In 2012, France Soir reported that the official Front National online shop was selling shirts made in Bangladesh.The polo shirts, on sale at French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s meeting in the northern Parisian suburb of Villepinte earlier this week, were made in Bangladesh.
Many of her supporters were shocked to discover this as Le Pen consistently championed “made in France” as a key pillar of her economic programme, reports The Independent.
Earlier, supporters of US President Donald Trump were stunned in the same way after they found Trump’s trademark red "Make America Great Again" baseball caps were made in Bangladesh, China, and Vietnam.
The far right presidential candidate Le Pen has repeatedly said she would defend French interests against globalisation and the relocation of factories abroad.
Labels on most of the polo shirts had all been cut out, preventing buyers from finding out where the clothes were made.
Marine Le Pen speaks at a a campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, on 1 May ReutersBut reporters from a TV station found the shirt displayed on a mannequin had an untouched label stating the piece of clothing had been made in Bangladesh, well known for our textile manufacture and cheap labour.
When asked, the stall holder selling the memorabilia said the embroidery work had been done in France.
“This is not at all contradictory to Le Pen’s programme because we are asking for products to be made in France and the embroidery work on the T-shirts was made in France," he told the TV station.
“So the finished work was made in France. The problem for the supplier was a problem of workforce, which was not competitive enough to make in France. This is why we are fighting for French production lines.”
Asked whether he could explain why the labels had been cut from every single T-shirt, the vendor said he could not answer the question.
Le Pen stepped down as leader of the far right Front National party last week, claiming it would allow her to represent better the interests of "all French people."
Despite the party's patriotic stance, last year T-shirts made for the party were found to have been produced in Morocco, according to the HuffPost Maghreb.
In 2012, France Soir reported that the official Front National online shop was selling shirts made in Bangladesh.
Marine Le Pen speaks at a a campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, on 1 May ReutersBut reporters from a TV station found the shirt displayed on a mannequin had an untouched label stating the piece of clothing had been made in Bangladesh, well known for our textile manufacture and cheap labour.
When asked, the stall holder selling the memorabilia said the embroidery work had been done in France.
“This is not at all contradictory to Le Pen’s programme because we are asking for products to be made in France and the embroidery work on the T-shirts was made in France," he told the TV station.
“So the finished work was made in France. The problem for the supplier was a problem of workforce, which was not competitive enough to make in France. This is why we are fighting for French production lines.”
Asked whether he could explain why the labels had been cut from every single T-shirt, the vendor said he could not answer the question.
Le Pen stepped down as leader of the far right Front National party last week, claiming it would allow her to represent better the interests of "all French people."
Despite the party's patriotic stance, last year T-shirts made for the party were found to have been produced in Morocco, according to the HuffPost Maghreb.
In 2012, France Soir reported that the official Front National online shop was selling shirts made in Bangladesh.