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Posted on 06/10/2025 8:59:16 AM PDT by delta7
French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen launched a scathing attack on the trajectory of the European Union at the Patriots for Europe rally in France on Monday, declaring, “We don’t want to leave Europe. We want out of this Europe, because it is not Europe.”
Addressing a crowd of allies and supporters from across the continent, Le Pen opened her speech with a rejection of the EU’s current direction, accusing it of becoming a “merchant, wokist, ultraliberal empire” that tramples national sovereignty and democratic choice.
“Our Europe does not reside in Brussels,” Le Pen said. “What we are seeing today on our continent is in no way European. It is a counterfeit, a cold, fleshless, soulless machine.” She accused the European Union of replacing citizens with “interchangeable masses,” nations with “administered regions,” and elected leaders with “provincial governors.”
Framing the current political moment as a turning point in European history, Le Pen warned, “This is no ordinary hour. This is not just a political step. It is a fracture in history, a moment of truth where much more than the fate of a mandate or a parliament is at stake. What is at stake here is the freedom of peoples, the dignity of peoples, the existence of our nations.”
Her speech celebrated the formation of the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, now the third-largest bloc, comprising nationalist and conservative parties, including the Netherlands’ PVV, Hungary’s Fidesz, Austria’s FPÖ, Italy’s Lega, and Spain’s Vox. “This group is as united as the fingers of one hand, united by a shared vision of life and the world, but also united by a great political project for our homelands and our Europe,” she told the crowd.
She paid tribute to allies like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán — calling Hungary “a beacon nation in Europe” —and Geert Wilders, praising the Dutch leader for collapsing the Dutch government last week after a row over asylum policy. “Because Geert Wilders chose to leave the coalition government precisely to prevent his country from being flooded with immigrants,” she said.
Le Pen also accused Brussels of silencing critics, warning that opposition voices were increasingly being criminalized. “In this European Union, as you will have noticed, any assertion of identity becomes an offense. Any desire for sovereignty is heresy. Any idea of freedom is suspect. Any criticism is labeled a conspiracy. Any opposition is branded as subversion, criminalized, and prosecuted.”
She warned that Europe’s bureaucratic elite were preparing for war while ignoring domestic insecurity. “All the European Parliament’s thematic committees are actively, I would say compulsively, preparing for a war in the east,” she said. “We, the peoples of Europe, who know the price of blood, do not want war.”
Taking aim at French President Emmanuel Macron, she mocked his posturing on the international stage while violence and chaos go unaddressed at home. “Who can seriously believe that Emmanuel Macron’s France could wage a major war when he is already incapable of managing the chaos that reigns on match nights 200 meters from the Élysée Palace…
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Not shedding any tears….
BTTT
Le Pen is far from perfect. But for now she’s the best hope France has.
I wonder how long it will be before she’s arrested on some bogus “hate speech” charge. After all, that’s how every Deep State rolls.
She is out of touch with the wishes of her fellow countrymen.
I doubt they are much of a threat to us, but they could try to drag us into a war with Russia thru NATO. I don’t think Trump will fall for it though.
Well said Madame Le Pen
She was arrested and sentenced already, in March 2025, to 4 years, and banned from running for office for 5 years.
She "misused" $3m in funds to pay her staff. Sounds to me like the arrest of Pres Trump for paying off Stormy Daniels with the "wrong funds" (no matter which funds were used).
Correct. EUtopia and elitist “yoops” are not the Europe of the past. Pre muzzie used to be fun, if not quirky, over over there. I wouldn’t go first class today.
Importing Muzzies and Africans into Europe was never about preserving European culture. It was all about a desire for cheap labor and elitists contempt for working people. Europe’s so-called “human rights court” is a joke requiring nations to accept economic migrants, but is hostile to those of European descent seeking to return to their ancestral homeland. “Diversity” is the mantra of the elites, while expressing contempt for a cultural affinity for other white Christians who might assimilate far better, and are far more European.
The French will merely shrug their shoulders.
Her niece, Marion Maréchal, is my favorite French politician. A fresh face, and farther right.
“The EU is unraveling economically and socially….”
Russia is unraveling economically and socially.
Reserve/pension fund drained. Putin and Oligarchs losing vodka revenues. Stock market down 20%. Homeless numbers rising.
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