France is losing its most interesting politician

The Week ^

[ameribbean expat]

"To me, one of the most fascinating — and important — questions of the coming decades is how this newly assertive Catholicism might play out politically. Will it invent new, transpartisan ways to engage politically? Will it become an analogue of the American Christian right? Will it end up boosting mainstream conservative parties, or will it feed into the French far right, becoming a kind of French Tea Party movement?

Into this background, then, walked thousand-watt Marion, with the mix of charisma and savvy that enables gifted politicians to turn inchoate social change into cohesive, game-changing movements."

[ameribbean expat]

Say it ain't so. Le Pen's niece bows out of politics.

[Mrs. Don-o]

:o(

[hinckley buzzard]

She’ll be back. When her country needs her.