Monday, April 16, 2007

Le Pen seems to have lost none of his appeal for the French voter

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BBC: Jean-Marie Le Pen has been in politics for more than 50 years, but at his rally at Porte de Versailles in Paris the crowd greet him as if he was the hottest new act in politics.

Some 5-6,000 people waving flags crammed into the stadium on Sunday to cheer on the National Front leader. The overspill who could not fit in still screamed their approval through the open doors.

"I'm voting for the first time," 19-year-old Frederic told me. "And I'm voting Le Pen because immigration is a serious problem in France - that's not racist, it's realistic and Le Pen will deal with the problem, while candidates like Sarkozy and Royal just pretend it's not happening." Le Pen urges halt to immigration (Cont'd) by Emma Jane Kirby

BBC: A French voter's viewpoint

Mark Alexander

4 comments:

variablegears said...

Vivre La Republique!

leelion said...

Le Pen is scary. He has some crazy ideas and is an anti-semite.

Funny how the average person in the street like Frederic can state the obvious so easily yet politicians seem unable to.

Mark said...

"Vivre la Republique!" indeed, Variablegears.

Mark said...

Yes, Leelion, it is funny that politicians cannot state these problems. Thet are afraid to do so, that's the answer. They are afraid of being accused of being racist; and they are afraid they'll open up Pandora's box, too.