FRÉJUS — French far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday vowed to give her country back control over its laws, currency and borders if elected president in 2017 on an anti-EU, anti-immigration platform.Addressing around 3,000 party faithful in the town of Frejus on the Cote d’Azur, Le Pen aimed to set the tone for her campaign, declaring in her speech: "The time of the nation state has come again."The National Front leader, who has pledged to hold a referendum on France’s future in the EU if elected and bring back the French franc, said she was closely watching developments in Britain since it voted to leave the bloc. "We too are keen on winning back our freedom.... We want a free France that is the master of its own laws and currency and the guardian of its borders," she said.Polls consistently show Le Pen among the top two candidates in the two-stage presidential elections to take place in April and May. But while the polls show her easily winning a place in the run...
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