Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Marine Le Pen: 'Assimilation Is a Form of Violence, But It's a Sacrifice'

Marine Le Pen, who has narrowly failed to win a seat in France's parliamentary elections, talks to Naima Bouteldja about one of the main elements of her campaign, immigration, and the need to suppress elements of culture in order to assimilate. The claim by the leader of France's far-right Front National that there is no racism in Hénin-Beaumont, in northern France, is met with some scepticism