Category Archives: Marine Le Pen

May 19, 2013

Bob Dylan not fit for French award: Le Pen

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“The president’s chef, the hairdresser of (former first lady) Carla Bruni and the favourite singers of Mme Filippetti… that’s not what the Legion is about. It is about a nation recognising those who have fought for it or those who have been responsible for spectacular advances in culture or science. I like Bob Dylan a lot but one mustn’t exaggerate!”

A proposal to make Bob Dylan a member of France’s Legion d’Honneur ran into further opposition Sunday as the country’s far right weighed into a controversy over whether the singer is a suitable recipient for the award.

Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, an avowed Dylan fan, still hopes to pin the celebrated medal on one of the veteran singer’s narrow lapels, despite opposition from the committee that oversees the allocation of the award.

Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine revealed last week that the committee had concluded that Dylan’s pacifist politics and his use of marijuana made him an unsuitable candidate, a view endorsed Sunday by National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

“The Legion d’Honneur should not be handed out any old how, to any old person,” Le Pen declared.

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May 5, 2013

French leader Marine Le Pen, rising in polls, says National Front party can assure sovereignty

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PARIS – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told thousands of supporters that her party can build on political gains and a rising profile to extract the country from the “shadows” of Europe and mass immigration and return sovereignty to the French.

Addressing supporters at the National Front’s annual May Day rally Wednesday, Le Pen said her party is the “voice of hope” and a “lantern to light the way.” She denounced the European Union, immigration and global finances, saying they are crushing the values of French civilization.

Le Pen won 18 per cent of the vote in the first round of last year’s presidential race and scored high in two recent polls. Her party now holds two seats in parliament, and looks to consolidate gains before 2014 municipal and European elections.

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Posted in Europe, Immigration, Marine Le Pen, Nationalism

April 18, 2013

Marine Le Pen Praises Five Stars Leader Beppe Grillo’s Euroscepticism

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Le Pen argued that even former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has changed his very pro-Europe position, which was previously “similar to Sarkozy’s one” and that Euro-sceptics “are the majority” in Italy.


Marine Le Pen and Beppe Grillo

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has praised Italian Five Stars movement leader Beppe Grillo and demanded a meeting with him to discuss Euro-sceptic policies, according to local reports.

“Italy has become aware of the EU’s damaging rules,” Le Pen, leader of the Front National party, said during a press conference in Paris.

“If Grillo wants to meet me he can ask me. We have to be aware that Euro-sceptic forces that want change [on Europe] must meet. European populations must advance; they have the right to sovereignty.

“We can’t carry on building a totalitarian Europe, set up against them. European leaders must organise a referendum on Europe.”

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April 13, 2013

‘EU – empire destroying people’s freedom’ – Marine Le Pen

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“Either you fight against Islamic fundamentalism, in which case it makes sense to fight in Mali, but it’s not normal to support the same terrorists in Libya and in Syria. We are now in a situation where our leaders are completely, in my opinion, insane! They fight on the side of terrorists in Libya and Syria and against the same terrorists in Mali, this is not coherent.”

European people are realizing that the EU is an empire that destroys their freedom and doesn’t protect them from economic, social or migratory difficulties, the leader of France’s National Front party Marine Le Pen told RT.

Le Pen came third in the 2012 French presidential election with 18% of the vote, higher than expected. She is currently an MEP and believes it’s the best way to fight the system by being at the heart of it.

RT: We’re seeing a rise in nationalism, rise in pro-independence movements, those sentiments of wanting more sovereignty for their countries, do you think that this is a temporary trend because analysts are saying that this is just a reaction to political parties that are currently in power and a reaction to bad economy across Europe. So do you think that as a pendulum, it could well move away from groups like the Front National and back to the other side of the political spectrum?

Marine Le Pen: No I don’t think so at all. I think that first and foremost, there is a rejection of the European Union and its policies. European people are realizing that the European Union is an empire, a Soviet Union, that in fact is destroying their freedom and doesn’t protect them from economic, social or migratory difficulties. And I think that the increase in patriotism, to managing a country’s own affairs, to control of borders, whether it’s human, capital, or product flows is irreversible.

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April 3, 2013

Marine Le Pen Calls for the Dissolution of the National Assembly

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Under these conditions, Marine Le Pen calls for the government’s resignation and the dissolution of the National Assembly. There is indeed no alternative now, to find a peaceful and moral exercise of power, to reforge a relationship of trust with the French, that recourse to popular vote. The people must now have the last word.

[Translation from Google Translate]

Confessions of Jerome Cahuzac and the latest revelations of the case suggest that the government and the Elysée knew for weeks that the former budget minister lied, he committed acts highly reprehensible, and he used the services of his administration to cover his actions. It is inconceivable that the highest state authorities were not aware of these elements.

The President and the entire government so broken the pact of trust supposed to bind to the French that they have made a mistake the first moral and political order.

The shockwave of this case is now as tainted the legitimacy of those who govern us.

It is the case too because the list continues spiraling responsible UMP and PS involved or convicted in cases of more severe and last news was the conviction of Jacques Chirac and Nicolas indictment of Sarkozy. Cases that demonstrate the incredible level of corruption in our country.

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March 21, 2013

Clockwork Orange: France a ‘savage’ nation, book claims

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A controversial book claiming France is becoming a “savage” nation with thousands of thefts, rapes and attacks going unreported daily has turned into an unlikely best seller.

Flying in the face of the traditional image of a country seen as the land of good living, ‘France, A Clockwork Orange’ claims that mainstream politicians and the media have long masked a far more disturbing reality: it is rapidly descending into mindless violence and incivility.

“Nobody should ignore the reality,” the book claims, namely that “every 24 hours 13,000 thefts, 2,000 attacks and 200 rapes” take place in France – figures far higher than official national statistics.

Claiming to lift the lid on a taboo – “the ‘ensavagement’ of a nation” – it has been dismissed by some commentators and criminologists as biased, unscientific and downright racist, peddling far-Right theories linking crime and immigration.


Marine Le Pen urged everyone to “read it and get others to read it”

But since its release mid-January, the book by Laurent Obertone, the pseudonym of a previously unknown 28-year old journalist, has sold 35,000 copies and a fresh print run of 20,000 is on sale. It reached fifth in France’s weekly Ipsos-Livres Hebdo bestseller list and is currently third in Amazon’s most requested book rankings.

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Posted in Crime, Europe, Immigration, Marine Le Pen, Multiculturalism

March 15, 2013

Graphic Quotes: Marine Le Pen on Endless Cultural Conflict

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“This is an organized replacement of our population. This threatens our very survival. We don’t have the means to integrate those who are already here. The result is endless cultural conflict.” ~ Marine Le Pen


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March 13, 2013

France deserts the sinking ship of Europe

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Le Pen proposed a specific date for the referendum – January of 2014. Why this date? The choice is clear, as in January of 2014 the next elections to the European Parliament will be held, and this is when France should express its will to withdraw from the EU.

A few days ago the news emerged that France might be preparing to leave the EU. Marine Le Pen, head of “National Front” party, argues that France has no future in the EU, and if the country wants to develop further, it should seriously consider the option of self-navigation. Is this the case and what could France expect if it is no longer a member of the EU?

French Party “National Front” and its leader Marine Le Pen boldly declared their decision to withdraw France from the European Union. French policy has changed dramatically over the last few years. “National Front” is a party with 40 years of experience, and over this time its views have undergone radical changes. Why such a dramatic change in attitude and ideology in “National Front”?

Le Pen believes that, above all, the political and economic situation in the world has changed, and the country has entered an era of globalization, which, in turn, led to a drastic change in “National Front,” one of the few parties that managed to perfectly adapt to the global environment. The party leader said that 25 years ago “National Front” was known as a strictly liberal party that did not share opposing political views.

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March 11, 2013

Marine Le Pen: “The Internet is an incredible opportunity”

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Very followed on social networks, the president of the National Front leads the Grand Prix of the e-reputation in all categories. Increased popularity by the dynamism of Web Frontists.

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Spread the word. Yes, Marine Le Pen is a twitteuse, a lover of the Net and even Aficionada social networks. “I am a woman of my time, I tweet myself but not too abused. I feel very comfortable in this world,” she says Metro. In fact, the owner of the National Front counters explodes all categories of Grand Prix of e-reputation .

And if the last presidential campaign is very much in the number of occurrences found in the e-media, we must admit that the National Front is well known user of web tools, and for a long time. “We were the first political party to have a website in the early 1990s, likes to remind Marine Le Pen. And I am even more proud to be leading the rankings that we only have to a small team of two people to take care of the Internet. ”

First on Facebook, Twitter second

A small team assisted, according Marine Le Pen, a large number of Frontists, she agrees to come and speak on the Net. “We are an anti-system. We do not have the same access as other parties to traditional media. For us who are a party poor, the Internet is an incredible opportunity. This is why I am very active, I keep abreast of everything all the time. ”

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February 25, 2013

France’s Le Pen lambasts ‘European Soviet Union’

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She also warned that the twin “totalitarian” ideologies of “Islamism and globalism” threatened the existence of France and Britain in the 21st century, comparing them to communism and Nazism in the previous century.

Protesters gathered outside to denounce the National Front leader, who spoke in French on what she claimed were the main political issues “in France, Europe and the world” in front of 300 members of the Cambridge Union Society.

“I have campaigned forcefully for Europe to halt immigration and the Schengen agreement and to prepare for a return to national currencies,” she said, highlighting the need for a “strong state” in France, which she claimed had been weakened by the EU.

She urged “a new deal on immigration” and said that “the Soviet Union European (was) emerging slowly but surely.”

Le Pen also pushed for “the end of the Francafrique” – referring to the dubious ties France has had with its former colonies – and added she hoped France would stop taking responsibility “for the misery of the world” because it did not have the resources.

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