These are the changes that LePen would make if elected president of France [NYT]

NYT, from Le Pen's web site ^ | April 23, 2002 | NYT, from Le Pen's web site

[summer]

These are the changes that Jean-Marie Le Pen would seek to make if elected president of France, according to his campaign web site, www.lepen.tv :

o Outlaw abortion and end official recognition of same-sex unions.

o Develop programs to increase the birth rate and pay benefits to women who stay at home with their children.

o End legal immigration.

o Deport illegal immigrants and eliminate dual nationality.

o Give French citizens priority for all jobs and public housing; create a separate medical benefits system for foreigners working in France, so that French tax money would not be used for foreigners' care.

o Allow only French citizens to teach in French schools.

o Reinstitute morality classes; require student participation in patriotic events and holidays.

o Outlaw the wearing of yarmulkes and Muslim headscarves in schools.

o Create 200,000 new prison beds.

o Expand and give new rights to the police force.

[The South Texan]

Vive Le Pen!

[hopespringseternal]

Maybe he is a fascist, but I have a hard time singling him out from all the other fascists in politics.

Given that the leftists say Stalin is ok, even though he killed millions of people; Hitler is bad, because he killed millions of people; and John Ashcroft and Pat Buchanan are bad, even if they have never killed anyone; very little the leftists say means anything to me anymore.

If an English major wants to clean up that sentence, please do.

Finding a culture distasteful is not racism, or even necessarily bad. Some cultures are bad. But hey, these are the same people that approve of the bloody Palestinians.

[Shermy]

Here's a story from Britain: UK fears far right threat in local polls [Times of India]

Thought is was interesting because it's not a newswire type article, but by an Indian for an Indian newspaper.

[jern]

Intervention of Jean-Marie the PEN
French deputy in the European Parliament

Candidate with the Presidency of the Saint-Cloud

Republic, April 21 2002 at the evening

 

Frenchwomen, French,

My dear compatriots of France and Overseas,

 

My first movement is the gratitude with regard to all those and of all C them which this evening have just given birth to a great hope.

 

- Initially, with the électrices and voters of France and Overseas which made me the priceless gift of their confidence.

- With the mayors, who counters all the pressures and the threats, sponsored my candidature.

- With the national militants, who answered by calms, courage, devotion, fidelity, enthusiasm, with the insults, violences, and were spent without counting, going sometimes until the sacrifice of their life

- all foreign friends of France, in the world and initially with those of the francophonie, which count on the independence of eternal France.

 

Like there is no perfect joy, I want to also greet the memory of Rolande Birgy, whom you know under the name of Blue Béret, large resistant, patriot who had received the title of Juste after the second World war and who is extinct this morning, at the moment when she was going to leave the hospital to vote .

Do not be afraid. Re-enter in the hope.

 

The event, it is on May 5. Do not be afraid of dream, you them small, the underlings, exclude them. You do not let lock up in old divisions of the left and the right-hand side. You, who have supported for 20 years all the errors and the embezzlements of the politicians. You, minors, metal-workers, workers and workmen of all these industries ruined by the euro-mondialism of Maastricht. You, farmers with the retirements of misery and driven back with the ruin and disappearance. You, who are the first victims of the insecurity, in the suburbs, the cities and the villages.

 

I call the Frenchwomen and the French, whatever their race, their religion or their social condition, to rejoin with this historical chance of national rectification.

 

Know that, man of the people, I will be always side of those which suffer, because I knew the cold, the hunger, poverty. I want to rebuild the coherence of our large French people, the unit of the Republic, the independence of France, our fatherland, to restore the security on the whole of the national territory and to release our compatriots of the fiscalism and the bureaucracy.

 

I fraternally greet all my French compatriots, whom they abstained from or whom they voted for other candidates. I invite them not to let myself handle by the old tricks of the politicians who want to preserve their small shop.

 

I am socially on the left, economically on the right and more than ever, nationally of France.

 

But especially, I am a free man, a patriot who has only one ambition: France and French.

 

I call with go French fraternity, Place and Avenue of the Opera on May 1, festival of Jeanne d' Arc and the workers of France, to prepare together the second stage of the French rebirth, the 2nd turn of the presidential election.

---

2nd turn: May 5 2002

 

 

[E Rocc]

A lot of people are missing an important point here.

Le Pen is not anything similar to an American conservative. He's nothing like Ronald Reagan, Bill Buckley, Rush Limbaugh, the GOP leadership, or even Alan Keyes. He's not even Buchanan. He's closer to David Duke than anything else.

In other words, he's precisely what the liberal media would like to portray "conservatives" as being. And what a shock, they are hyping him as one.

Personally, I hope Chirac squashes him like the bug that he is.

-Eric

[Nonstatist]

The "President" of France can not do any of these things without a willing Parliament. Where's he going to get one of those?

[OldFriend]

LOL it's not that Chirac doesn't want to discuss the issues, he's afraid LePen is going to bring up the SLEAZE FACTOR. Don't forget the protestors and their signs the other night....VOTE FOR SLEAZE, NOT FASCISM!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

SOUNDS GREAT FOR FRANCE to many leftist pigs here in the U.S. for any of that to work here

[Lazamataz]

The only thing I am seeing missing in this outstanding political platform, is the adoption of a 'bulletproof' Second Amendment in the French Constitution.

[The South Texan]

Now I understand why the worldwide, leftist media including our own were quick to demonize this guy. Most of his ideas could pass the smell test in this country.

[Charles Martel]

I like everything except expanding police powers.

Aw, c'mon... it's France!

"Old man... Do you have a liesohnce for that minkey?"

[areafiftyone]

Ireland outlaws abortion. No one says Ireland is a wacko right wing nut case country. <

They also adore the Clintons - GO FIGURE!!

[Republicus2001]

his idea to pay women to STAY HOME and raise kids ...

don't we do this already?

[willyone]

haven't seen too many americans sporting one either. especially in our two main political parties.

[Domestic Church]

"I agree with everything in that platform except banning yarmulkes. Does that make me an evil fascist bigot?"

Not in my book...but the banning of religious headress is a big no no. Are they going to outlaw religious jewelery too? And who/what would be banned next. I suspect this is just the Hors d'oeuvre. The main entree might be snails.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

VOTE FOR SLEAZE, NOT FASCISM!

Well Germany and Italy took their turns. It must be France's turn to be Fascist for awhile.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Some good ideas, some not so good, some down right dictatorial.

[d14truth]

If I were there and able, LePen would get my vote before Chirac. The 'bombing' of synagogues in France is not acceptable to the 'apeacement at all cost French, IMHO.

The French, like the Europeans here in America, have become a minority in significant parts of their country.

A 'melting pot' is fine, but the SLAG has to be 'drawn off' periodically to maintain strength.