Madonna said Monday that she would like to ‘sit down and have a drink’ with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, to understand what the controversial politician thinks about human rights ‘in France and all over the world’.

Le Pen agreed to the meeting, telling the AFP news agency, ‘I accept with pleasure the invitation from Madonna. I appreciate people who approach things in good faith.’

The pop music superstar – who only last week called Le Pen's National Front (FN) party ‘fascist’ and said France and Europe felt like ‘Nazi Germany’ – extended the unusual invitation in an interview on French television network Canal+.

Madonna, 56, has a strained history with the French far-right figure, mainly owed to a video the singer used during a 2012 concert tour showing Le Pen sporting a swastika on her forehead and a Hitler-esque moustache.

The singer stopped using the video at her shows after the FN threatened to pursue legal action.

‘Maybe I misunderstood Marine Le Pen, I’m not sure. I don’t want to start a war, I want peace in the world,’ Madonna told Canal+ on Monday evening.

Madonna à propos de Marine Le Pen - Le Grand Journal du 02/03

Madonna, who is often vocal about international human rights issues, is currently promoting her new album, Rebel Heart.

On the rise

During an interview with French radio station Europe 1 last week, Madonna claimed Europe ‘feels like Nazi Germany’ because ‘anti-Semitism is at an all-time high’. She also said she had received ‘a lot of criticism and threats from Marie (sic) Le Pen’ and the FN.

The anti-immigration party has gained traction after January’s terrorist attacks in Paris, which has brought religion and multiculturalism to the forefront of the political debate.

A recent opinion poll in France revealed the FN is on pace to claim 33 percent of votes in departmental elections later this month.

Speaking on Canal+ on Monday, Madonna said that she would like to speak to Le Pen in person, because she might have gotten a wrong first impression.

‘I think that sometimes, like with me, people have a certain idea of who I am, what I stand for or what I believe in and often times when they sit with me and talk with me they go away with a different view,’ she said.