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France elections: Le Pen steps aside as National Front leader
BBC News ^
| 4/24/2017
| BBC
Posted on 04/24/2017 1:47:31 PM PDT by Spiridon
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of the National Front (FN) party.
The move comes just a day after she reached the second round of the French election, where she will face centrist Emmanuel Macron.
Ms. Le Pen told French TV she needed to be above partisan considerations.
She told France 2 that France was approaching a "decisive moment".....
Ms. Le Pen used her interview to launch a blistering attack on Mr. Macron, saying his policies would lead to savage globalization and massive immigration, and that he had not shown one iota of love for France......
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; france; franceelection; lepen; marinelepen; nationalfront
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To: vladimir998
unfortunately I think Macron already did the same thing He resigned as head of the Communist Party ?
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posted on
04/24/2017 6:01:13 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Army Air Corps
She is not dropping out of the race, but rather stepping down as the head of the FN so that she can run simply as the Party’s candidate for President. Oooooooooh!
I didn't get that.
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posted on
04/24/2017 6:10:27 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(The semantics define how we think.)
To: Spiridon
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posted on
04/24/2017 6:19:36 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
To: UCANSEE2
“He resigned as head of the Communist Party ?”
He’s from the French Socialist Party, actually, but Macron quit the party last year to prepare a presidential bid under his own political banner. He also resigned his government post.
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04/24/2017 6:29:53 PM PDT
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vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: Bookshelf
Actually, he’s a global Marxist.
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posted on
04/24/2017 6:43:53 PM PDT
by
SaraJohnson
( Whites being racially harassed and harmed by Leftist in power need to sue! It's pay day.)
To: ConservaTeen
They are all socialists. France’s choice is either a global socialist/marxist or a National socialist.
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04/24/2017 6:45:39 PM PDT
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SaraJohnson
( Whites being racially harassed and harmed by Leftist in power need to sue! It's pay day.)
To: SaraJohnson
Marxist Socialist or Socialist Marxist are tautologies.
To: Spiridon
Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of the National Front (FN) party. Bad decision. Don't apologize for what you believe, and don't back down. These are the people who brought you to where you are and it looks like you are sacrificing the party in exchange for a roll-of-the-dice on a PR stunt for the next round of elections.
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04/25/2017 7:13:01 AM PDT
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PGR88
To: papertyger
Surrender monkeys. It’s what they do.
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04/25/2017 9:03:04 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: StAntKnee
No blink. It’s a symbolic move to attract voters from all the parties, not just her own. Kind of an opening for running a more generalized campaign appeal. According to the article at the link.
I agree. It’s a good move.
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posted on
04/25/2017 12:47:32 PM PDT
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samtheman
(Trump++)
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