Farage
says he’ll meet Le Pen ‘at some point in time’
The
Reform leader’s comments came after POLITICO reported that the French far-right
leader was keeping Farage hanging on a desired Paris rendezvous.
Reform UK's Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference in
London on Nov. 5, 2026. | Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
November
5, 2026 5:38 pm CET
By Sam Blewett and Mason Boycott-Owen
LONDON
— Nigel Farage insisted on Thursday he will meet Marine Le Pen “at some
point in time” as the French presidential hopeful keeps the Reform UK leader
waiting for a Paris visit.
The
leader of the British right-wing insurgency had been hoping for a jaunt to
France before the end of October — but has been kept waiting for now.
Reform
had insisted he would meet the president of the far-right National Party before
the end of the year — but four
of her officials told POLITICO this is not on Le Pen’s schedule.
After a
defense speech on Thursday, the Reform leader told reporters: “I haven’t met Le
Pen for some years actually. But she’s going to win the next election.
“I will
go meet her at some point in time.”
One Le
Pen adviser, who like the others was speaking on the condition of anonymity to
discuss sensitive party relations, said earlier that “the costs and benefits”
of a Farage meeting still needed weighing up.
Le Pen is
the favorite to win the first round of France’s 2027 presidential elections —
but the Reform leader has suffered a dip in the polls after a series of
damaging allegations about his party.
A
migration agreement that Farage unveiled early September with the National
Rally’s second in command, Jordan Bardella, also created a backlash in
France.
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