Posted on 12/13/2015 9:50:23 AM PST by Nextrush
We will soon know around 2pm Eastern (8pm in France) who the winners and losers were in the regional government elections.
The National Front is hoping for a breakthrough in northern France led by Marine Le Pen and in the southeast of France led by Marion Marechal Le Pen.
The media and political elites in France have pulled out the stops to attack the FN and put it in a negative light.
Marine Le Pen has been subjected to hostile coverage as part of the media backlash against Donald Trump with attempts to trash Trump's immigration proposals and accuse Le Pen of being like him in a negative way.
Marion Marechal Le Pen has been pictured with her grandfather, National Front founder Jean Marie Le Pen. The media suggesting she is some sort of anti-Semite or racist, charges which have been leveled against him.
France's Chief Rabbi spoke out against the National Front in the last week.
The hopes of stopping the Le Pen sisters are put in the party of former president Nicholas Sarkozy, Les Republicains (The Republicans). In the two regions where the Le Pen's are running, the Socialists are pulled out.
Polling data was put out during the week suggesting the FN may come short of 50 percent (46 percent in the north, 47 percent in the southeast) with Les Republicains winning.
The Republicans are aptly named because they are the fake conservatives of France much like the Republicans are fake conservatives in the United States.
Sarkozy chose the "Republican" label as a means of identifying his party with the notion of a "Republic" in France, a stab at a patriotic image to oppose the FN.
Sarkozy is to the Left of me like the Republicans in this country. When Sarkozy was president, he increased funding for public broadcasting in France as an example.
His party is for the EU and multinational government that may not be in the interest of sovereign nations like having rules not allowing secured borders.
Sarkozy leads 'the Right' in France founded by Charles De Gaulle, who led the "Rally for the Republic" Party decades ago and was the founder of France's "Fifth Republic" established in 1958.
De Gaulle backed out of politics after World War 2, but came back in 1958 amidst turmoil in France, insisting that a new constitution be approved giving him as president strong powers to deal with factional groups of politicians in the National Assembly.
De Gaulle sold out the French colonists in Algeria to the leftists fighting for independence there.
This led to a 1961 coup attempt by rebellious military units and generals in Algeria and an attempt to assassinate De Gaulle in 1963.
After Algeria was turned over to the leftists, many of the colonists came back to southern France and would fuel the membership of the National Front in its earlier years.
“The Uniparties united to deny the FN a win.”
What will probably happen here in 2017.
Yep too bad!
Thanks! But hey -- at least we get to hear lots of carping about it. I'm glad this worked out, assuming that Sarkozy continues as party leader of the former UMP for 2017's election. I'm sure we all remember how Segolene led the PS after beating Hollande for the leadership (and after their unmarried with children relationship fell apart), was leading in polls, then crashed and burned during one of the debates, and the polling numbers swapped places, leading to Sarkozy's victory. Sarko will have to get serious about dealing with the "yoots", and/or Hollande will have to get started on it, instead of just some window-dressing raids.
"Ifop estimates point to a large margin for Xavier Bertrand against Marine Le Pen (57.2% to her 42.8%), suggesting left-wing voters have rallied en masse behind the conservative candidate to keep the FN out."
So far it looks like the FN has not picked up a single region. This "strategic voting" between the Republicans and the Socialists is just plain filthy.
But, those who think the FN monster has been slain are in for great fear and loathing over the next 5 years.
“But, those who think the FN monster has been slain are in for great fear and loathing over the next 5 years.”
Agreed. FN needs to make the analogy to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, which the French communists back in the day thought was wonderful. All that “peace in our time” crap. And... Moslems are simply incapable of being housebroken. They will crap all over France again.
Interesting that young Marion in the south did considerably better than party chair Marine up in the north. It was predicted (and polls pointed to) Marine doing considerably better. Why? Has greater distance from her fascist grandfather? If you could throw out Grandpa Le Pen’s nasty anti-semitism, FN would probably have won these 2 regions.
There is supposed to be 13 regions.
Civ, It’s all moot now. France has firmly and clearly rejected the ideas and the candidates of the le Pen family and their National Front party.
Obviously, the next important step is to weaken and eliminate the Socialists.
The complete results from Paris Ile de France are not yet counted. Their polls close later.
As long as the French gubmint gets off its plump croissant-filled ass and starts rounding up and booting out muzzies, which party does it isn't important. I doubt that any of them will actually do any such thing. It will take another war.
Look,
I never asked to be on your ping list in the first place, so please remove me ASAP.
Thanks for the ping, Cincinna. I enjoy these updates.
My pleasure wide awake. This is usually a list with very few pings. I have worked hard to give FReepers the latest results. The next elections will be the primaries for the Presidence in 2017.
Marine kicked him out of the party.
Sarkozy already had his chance, he failed.
You’re very welcome. Always time for Champagne!
Next rendezvous-vous for French primary election for President in 2017.
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