Posted on 04/12/2022 2:30:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and extreme-right politician Marine Le Pen voiced two radically opposed visions of Europe on Tuesday: one resolutely advocating for the bloc of 27 nations, the other defending her French nationalist mottos.
If Macron falters in France’s April 24 presidential runoff between the two, the far-right could be at the helm of the European Union, an abhorrent idea to most leaders in the bloc.
Experts say a win for Le Pen would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the EU. Not only would her coming to power damage the democratic values and commercial rules of the bloc, but it would also threaten the EU’s common front and sanctions in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Macron headed on Tuesday to Strasbourg, the seat of the EU parliament, to speak about France’s role in Europe. All polls show he is the favorite in the runoff, but Le Pen has significantly narrowed the gap compared to when Macron handily won five years ago.
Although Le Pen has excised Frexit from her platform, her hostility toward the EU is still clear. Speaking to France Inter radio, Le Pen said Tuesday that “a large majority of French people no longer want the European Union as it exists today.” She accused the bloc of acting “in an absolutely anti-democratic way.”
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Good
Sounds good to me
Well, Le Pen is to the right of Macron; but she is not far-right. If anything, she’s more of a populist.
“in an absolutely anti-democratic way”
She’s certainly right about this, as bastardized as the word “democracy” is.
“Far-right”
Nope. No bias there.
It could also be seen as a boon to the EU.
I see the AP has moved from calling anyone to the right of Marx “extreme right” from “far right” - the bias of this article is rancidly bad.
The EU should be seen as a threat to France and the rest of Europe.
That’s a shame.
I smell fear.
I wish.
The third place player (a communist) told his followers not to vote Le Pen.
Yes, the leftist/globalist/marxist press immediately dismisses any real conservative as “far-right” and repeats the label over and over.
Just shame the candidate right away and prevent any reasonable discussion of the issues. I hope she clobbers him in the election. France needs a real leader right now.
The EU and NATO need to go the way of the League of Nations.
Our Zelenskyites avoid these nationalist threads like the plague.
LePen is only a threat to a Federalized EU. I expect her to assert national sovereignty while also asserting the benefits of the EU to facilitate European economic growth.
The only way I think Le Pen could win would be if one or more EU nations subtly said, “If she loses, we are leaving the EU.”
Specifically Hungary and/or Poland. This would be based on the idea that the EU powers-that-be are so greedy for power and a superstate, that they would change the rules of the game so that Macron lost.
To a centrist or conservative, of course this sounds ludicrous, but the EU parliament and bureaucracy is flush with Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff types, who would sacrifice their children to Moloch in the hope of more wealth and power.
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