Le Pen’s party would be a disaster for France, says Farage

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1 July 2024 • 3:42pm

[JSM_Liberty]

Nigel Farage has said that it would be a “disaster” if Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won power in France.

The Reform UK leader said the hard-Right party would be “even worse for the economy than the current lot”.

But he praised Giorgia Meloni, the hard-Right prime minister of Italy, saying: “She’s brought her party into the 21st century. Some of the more radical Italians might not like it, but she’s been a very good thing and she’s made her party electable.”

Mr Farage spoke to the Unherd website before the National Rally won the largest share of the vote in the first round of the snap French parliamentary election on Sunday night.

French stocks rallied because that pointed to Ms Le Pen’s party failing to get an absolute majority in the second round, soothing investor fears of a “Frexit” from the EU.

They had plummeted after Emmanuel Macron called the snap vote, having lost in European elections to the National Rally. Ms Le Pen and Mr Farage’s relationship dates back to when both were members of the European Parliament, and has had its ups and downs.

The two Eurosceptics hold tough views on immigration, and both have denied accusations that they are soft on Vladimir Putin.

However, Ms Le Pen favours a more Left-wing and protectionist economic policy than Mr Farage. Her policies are grounded in cutting taxes, raising spending and borrowing heavily. In recent days, the party has rowed back on some of its more expensive plans in a bid to reassure markets.

Mr Farage, ... has argued for significant spending cuts to try to shake up the Government’s finances.

In 2014, Mr Farage refused to form a European parliamentary alliance with Ms Le Pen when they were both MEPs because of her party’s “anti-Semitism and general prejudice”....

[mewzilla]

Meloni is Deep State.

If Farage supports her, Houston, we gave a problem.

[butlerweave]

so it’s bad or bad ,LOL

[mewzilla]

As for Le Pen, more here...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1917652/Nigel-Farage-Marine-Le-Pen-warning#comments-wrapper

Be sure to read the comments.

[Nextrush]

At this point the Tory Telegraph has to bring Farage down with the election on Thursday.

Farage and Reform are being hit as racist among other things in the Pro-Conservative Party press.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Mind your own beeswax, ‘Nigel’.

Butt out.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

BBC presenter sparks fury after calling for Donald Trump to be 'murdered' by Joe Biden A well-known Radio 4 presenter appeared to breach the BBC's rules on social media impartiality today with a controversial tweet about the US election.

The UK's Deep State is losing its grip, isn't it. In more ways than one...

[NWFree]

Because Macaroni has been so wonderful

[Dr. Sivana]

Maybe Farage should just stick with Great Britain, and let the French do what they want.

[gibsonguy]

Le Pen is not “right wing”. She wants to stop the hordes but beyond that she is a lefty.

[Steve_Seattle]

Can the MSM EVER refer to a conservative political party without using the term “hard right” or “far right”?

[Red Badger]

England and France still going at it for nearly 1000 years.............

[1Old Pro]

Europe is imploding.

[Ann Archy]

FARAGE IS NUTTY SOMETIMES!

[Stingray51]

The headline goes well beyond the excerpt. Farage, in the excerpt at least, is only criticizing Le Pen's economic policies. Again, I am not going to read the entire article (under the theory that all UK newspapers are, without exception, rags), but as usual the media appears to be narrative-building based on meager evidence.

[Leaning Right]

The number one threat to the West is unchecked Islamic immigration. These Islamists come not to assimilate, but to conquer.

So maybe Farage should try to unite the West in this regard, and put everything else on the back burner.

[PGR88]

Le Pen is not “right wing”. She wants to stop the hordes but beyond that she is a lefty.

Statism seems to be something that's been with the French since King Louis IX, at least. Some are globalist-statists, some are nationalist-statists, some are reform-statists, some are communist-statists, there's even a few Catholic-statists still around.

I've never met a French libertarian. They must exist, but I've never seen one

[Bratch]

Early Projections Show French Nationalists Poised for Big Gains – Macron Will Likely Now Deploy “Operation Chaos” for Second Round

June 30, 2024 | Sundance | 232 Comments

French President Emmanuel Macron has not outlasted every other EU leader without having a Pelosian cunning streak.  Macron knows exactly what he is doing, and undoubtedly USAID/CIA operative Samantha Power is there in the background helping him execute it.

In the first round of the SNAP election, opposition leader Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has made huge strides in becoming the predominant force in French politics.   The National Rally gains around 34% of the seats, the left-wing Alliance party gets 28% of the seats, and Macron’s centrist party will suffer major loses with only 20% of the seats.

The top two candidates will now head to the second round, where Macron -who still has 3 years on his term- will deploy “operation chaos”.

Macron will instruct his centrist seats, who lost, to organize their votes for the far-left socialists, thereby blocking the National Rally party from gaining a working majority.  Just like the radical leftists in the USA (Democrats), Macron’s followers will do exactly what they are told to do.

[Remember the Alaska primary?]  This two-round approach was the insurance policy Macron had built into his call for the snap election.

The Nationalists will act flummoxed, stunned, jaw-agape, just like good little French Republicans.  The French people will wonder what happened just like American conservatives.  Wash – Rinse- Repeat.

PARIS — France on Sunday took a step closer to delivering what was once seen as an unthinkable nightmare: a far-right government taking power in Paris for the first time.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally made big gains in the first round of a snap election that could upend political orthodoxy across Europe and beyond, with implications for markets and global security that will be hard to predict.

According to early estimates by pollsters Ipsos, the far-right National Rally is on course to win 34 percent of Sunday’s vote while French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance suffered staggering losses, coming third with 20.3 percent of vote. The left-wing alliance made a strong showing with 28.1 percent of the vote.

“The French people have shown that they want to draw a line under seven years of [Macron’s] disdainful rule,” said Le Pen, speaking at a party event in the Eastern French town of Hénin-Beaumont. “We haven’t won yet, the second round will be crucial … we need an absolute majority so that Jordan Bardella, in eight days, can be appointed prime minister by Emmanuel Macron,” she added.

According to early projections based on exit polls, Le Pen’s party is expected to get 230-280 seats in the 577-seat national assembly, the left wing alliance 125-165 seats and Macron’s coalition 70-100.

Seat projections however are conjectural at this stage and dependent on political decisions taken in the coming days ahead of the second round of voting on July 7. Macron himself is due to stay in power until the end of his mandate in 2027, regardless of the outcome of this assembly election. (read more)

The two-round election is similar to the “ranked choice” approach in Alaska.  Seat projections are estimates, because the voters for the losing centrist candidates now will have a choice between the far-left and far-right.  Macron will cut deals with the socialists and instruct his team to vote left.

The far-right will stomp their feet like Republicans in Congress.  The National Rally party will demand reform like Republicans in Congress, and in the end, they will generally support the collective globalist goals of the Macron regime.  Again, just like Republicans in Congress.

Watch.

There are billions at stake.

Macron isn’t stupid.

[11th_VA]

Le Pen is not “right wing”. She wants to stop the hordes but beyond that she is a lefty.

Ironically, the only reason Le Pen has a chance, is because of the Hamas war on Israel. The left (in France and elsewhere) has embraced Hamas, and took away the claim that Le Pen was anti-Semitic. That term is being thrown at the leftist in France now, and most believe, this will throw the election to Le Pen.

[bobbo666]

Typo: “,, bad or badder .. “ There, I fixed it. :)

My first suspicion on Farage is banging Froggies — he is English, it is in his blood. But, I disagree. Throw the bums out.