Why is the religious affiliation of one member of a political party somehow an embarrassment for the entire party? If it’s a problem, and given the nature of this National Front as I understand it, it is, then pull support from him, expel him from the party.
Why not, their press couldn’t be any worse, with all manner of nastiness being implied, but their support in France grows nonetheless. The name itself to me conjures up images of pogroms, and one may very well end up brewing there, but rather against Islam than the other “other” that has historically been target of strong nationalism driven by anger and fear.
I just don’t understand the purpose of every first world western nation taking in so many people who are utterly immune to assimilation and hostile to virtually every foundational principle of the west. It will lead to widespread domestic unrest, with France perhaps being on the leading edge of it.
I guess it would be embarrassing if a socialist converted to Christianity too?