idun Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 There have been plenty of posts about the UK and the EU, but now the FN are gaining popularity in France, or so it appears, then it has to be said that they are anti EU and anti €.So who knows, maybe the UK will stay in..... but what if France left??????And is anyone worried about these recent elections and how it could affect them, what with being foreigners?I confess when J-M Le Pen was up against Chirac, I was worried, maybe I should not have been, but I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was worried then too, Idun. 2005, soon after we arrived. I rememberbeing in M. Bricolage and one of the men working there said to us "What do you think of France? For President we have a choice between a criminal and a n..a..z..i."On Monday I was in our local market, Mirande, and they were out in force with their leaflets promoting Louis Aliot. A real turncoat, his mother was an Algerian immigrant with a Jewish father. One of them tried to give me a leaflet and I told him what I thought of his candidate. We don't have a vote in regional elections anyway. They've had an office in Mirande for some time now and I've often thought of going in to ask them what they would do with us if they were in power (socialists, English immigrants , Jews.) I might do that now.I just hope these results are a flash in the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 In an interview on BBC's Hardtalk some 3 or so years ago, Marine made it very clear that the FN was not targeting West Europeans in their anti foreigner propaganda.In fact everything she said was frighteningly logical and reasonable - at face value at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Best wait till after the 10th and see what happens. We have seen this before, the old protest vote, only to lose in the second round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 I have seen and heard enough of 'protest' votes and last time it frightened some as to what had happened. Doesn't seem to be having the same effect this time, from a distance, doesn't 'feel' the same.OK, so I 'only' see french news and talk to my son and french friends, however, this is massive, in fact looking at the figures all over europe, there is a movement at work at the moment. All on France 2 news tonight.Personally I find it disturbing and I have no idea why Sarko has been looking so smug... at least that is what he looks like to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 But Sarko ALWAYS looks smug! That and waving his hands about like a demented monkey and talking his head off.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/why-we-should-be-scared-of-marine-le-pens-front-national-a6765751.htmlOn the other hand I don't agree that Marine has a better chance of winning the Nord than Marion has in PACA.I live in the South and listen to the comments..[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It's all going jolly well, isn't it? ?I wonder what a world will look like when international summits are attended by presidents Trump, Le Pen and Putin, and PM Farage ( although the last is of course and thankfully the biggest stretch of the imagination)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Every time I see Trump I can't help but think if that's a toupee the wrong way round or he seriously needs a barber. The thought of him having assess to a nuclear launch button frightens me ,ore (but only slightly) than Putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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