Marine Le Pen

France Veers Right

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: French Elections, Marine Le Pen, France Elections 2012, François Hollande, France, World Elections 2012, French Elections 2012, French Politics, Francois Hollande, France Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Eric Margolis

As Europe's conservatives watch in dismay and even horror, the second big shoe is about to drop in French politics. Far-rightist Marine Le Pen appears set to emerge triumphant from the wreckage of France's defeated center-right.

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Presidential Elections à la Française

Joel Dreyfuss | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Paris, Politics, French Elections, Marine Le Pen, François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, French Presidential Elections, World Elections 2012, French Politics, Politics News
Joel Dreyfuss

For this American in Paris, presidential politics, French-style, have been a sharp reminder that this country retains its peculiarities despite globalization.

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Elections in Gloom

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Golden Dawn Greece, Greece, Marine Le Pen, France, Chrysi-Avgi, Eurozone, Nationalist Party, Greek Politics, European Far Right, World Elections 2012, French Politics, French Elections, Greek Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Yavuz Baydar

As two countries in the EU, France and Greece, go to polls on Sunday, far-right or populist nationalist movements are on the rise on the continent even further, to the degree that they will soon seriously challenge the post-WWII order.

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The French Presidential Election: the Roles of Fascism and Fukushima

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Marine Le Pen, May Day, Sarkozy, France, Areva, Collaboration, Jobs, Immigration, Nuclear, Wikileaks, Paris, Dsk, Nuclear Industy, Politics, Nato, Unemployment, Regulations, Germany, George W. Bush, Jewish, Assange, Socialist, Fukushima, Hollande, Petain, Francois Pinault, Ump, Election, Japan, Fn, Matthieu Kassowitz, Laval, Entrepreneurship, Unions, Le Pen, World News
Vivian Norris

In general, the French President does not appear to be respected as a statesman. The French do not recognize Sarkozy's way of doing things as being familiar, as representing who they are, whether it be on the left or the right.

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The Burning Bush of Nicolas Sarkozy

Anne Sinclair | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Marine Le Pen, Sarkozy, France Elections 2012, François Hollande, France, World Elections 2012, French Elections 2012, French Politics, French Elections, Patrick Buisson, Nicolas Sarkozy, France Elections, France Immigration, Front National, French Immigration, World News
Anne Sinclair

We don't need anymore confusion and anxiety in our already fragile society. It is time for this campaign to be over, to end an ugly chapter in which the party still in charge is ready to say, do, or protest whatever they want to win an election.

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Address to the Republican Right, Confronted With the New Lepenist Offensive

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Marine Le Pen, France Elections 2012, François Hollande, France, World Elections 2012, French Elections 2012, French Elections, Jean-Marie Le Pen, French Politics, France Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, Front National, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Today, nearly forty years after its founding and, whatever the result of the presidential election, the real battle against the Front National begins.

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Le Pen Won't Endorse Sarkozy Or Hollande

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.02.2012

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PARIS — The leader of France's resurgent, anti-immigrant far right, Marine Le Pen, said Tuesday she would not endorse either candidate in the co...

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Has France Lost Its Soul?

Rachida Dati | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Sarkozy, France Elections 2012, France, French Elections 2012, French Elections, French Politics, Francois Hollande, France Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, World Elections 2012, Marine Le Pen, World News
Rachida Dati

France is now at a crossroads: one road leads to economic and moral bankruptcy under François Hollande; the other leads to growth, jobs, competitiveness, greatness and the pride of being French. This is the France Nicolas Sarkozy is proposing.

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French Far Right Flirts With Sarkozy

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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By John Irish and Daniel Flynn PARIS, April 26 (Reuters) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who has emerged as a kingmaker in France's ...

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The French Choice

Miles Jaffe | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Politics, Euro-Zone, Austerity, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Euro Crisis, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Marine Le Pen, Politics News
Miles Jaffe

The election of Hollande would lead to a major change in German-French relations. The prospect of German-French discord in Europe offers at minimum good theatre.

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Mélenchony Blues: Strong Left Party No Dutch Treat for Hollande

Mark R. Kennedy | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: French Elections, Francois Hollande, Marine Le Pen, Front National, Nicolas Sarkozy, French Elections 2012, World News
Mark R. Kennedy

A France that ends up less likely to resolve its fundamental competitiveness problems means a weaker country and a less stable Europe. That would be bad for Hollande, bad for France, bad for Europe, and bad for America.

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Lessons Learned From Sunday's French Elections

Geoffroy Clavel | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: French Election, Video, Socialist Party, France Elections 2012, France, French Elections 2012, Ump, Francois Hollande, France Politics, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Sarkozy, France Elections, World News

A victory for François Hollande, a disappointment for Sarkozy and a triumph for Marine Le Pen; the first-round of French elections have been enlighte...

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Marine Le Pen Must Not Be Allowed to Benefit From Her Victory

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 04.23.2012

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

Everything must be done -- and it is possible -- to prevent Marine Le Pen from becoming the arbiter of the second round.

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Far-Right On The Come-Up?

Le Huffington Post | Grégory Raymond | Posted 04.23.2012

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It’s the unpleasant outcome no one was expecting: Having won 18 percent of the French vote, Marine Le Pen can now be considered the third voice in t...

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First Round: A "Radical" France

Marc Dugain | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: French Elections, National Front, François Hollande, Marine Le Pen, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Home News
Marc Dugain

We must ensure that Hollande's mandate, if his election really comes to pass, does not become one of those political failures, the victim of uncontrollable economic interests. Because for once, the National Front could become the main right-wing party in France.

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France Election Results: Hollande, Sarkozy Advance, Far-Right Get Push

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2012

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By Catherine Bremer and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, April 22 (Reuters) - Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential race wide op...

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Libya: Dotting All the 'i's

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 04.18.2012

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

Madame Le Pen encourages boos when she mentions my name at her rallies. She never misses a chance to shower me with insults, sometimes rather filthy ...

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Lucky Sarko

Eric Margolis | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: France, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Socialists, Nicolas Sarkozy, France Election 2012, World Elections 2012, French Politics, Francois Hollande, Marine Le Pen, France Elections, World News
Eric Margolis

France's presidential elections are only two weeks away. President Sarkozy, who was trailing Socialist challenger Francois Hollande just weeks ago, is now neck-and-neck with his leading rival. One suspects Sarkozy has either made a pact with the devil or should head straight to Monaco's casino.

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The Italian Job

The European Magazine | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: France, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarkozy Reelection, France Presidential Elections, Marine Le Pen, France Election, World News
The European Magazine

It's no surprise that, running for a new term in office, Sarkozy resorted to new tactics. His challenges are somewhat similar to Italy's: high debt, a dissatisfactory economy, unsolved immigrant integration questions, and a working class in revolt. His new idea?

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Another French Revolution

Daniel Nehemia | Posted 05.07.2012

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Daniel Nehemia

Two months before France chooses her next president, more and more people are talking about the battle between current president Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist candidate Francois Hollande.

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France Has Too Many Foreigners, Sarkozy Says

BBC News | Posted 03.07.2012

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in France and the system for integrating them is "working more and more badly....

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Far Right Candidate Faces Major Election Hurdle

AP | THIBAULT LEROUX | Posted 04.22.2012

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PARIS (AP) — French far right leader Marine Le Pen lost a legal battle Tuesday in her bid to run for president, with the Constitutional Court ruling...

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Candidate Makes Biting Halal Meat Accusation At Sarkozy

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2012

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By John Irish LILLE, France, Feb 19 (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immi...

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Marine Le Pen, Latest Maneuver

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 04.09.2012

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

This new fuss the Le Pens have orchestrated about their difficulty in collecting the 500 signatures the law requires of every candidate for the presidency of the Republic is a trap.

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Quand Marine Le Pen invente le nouvel ennemi de la France

Stanislas Kraland | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Marine Le Pen, Docu-Fiction, Euro, Télévision, Qatar, M6 Capital, Video, France News
Stanislas Kraland

Dimanche soir, M6 nous refait un peu le coup de la RTBF avec la fin de la Belgique. M6 rentre en campagne avec un numéro spécial du magazine économique Capital. Au programme de cette soirée choc: un docu-fiction réaliste sur la fin de l'euro, suivi d'un débat avec Marine Le Pen. Pour la candidate du Front National, l'occasion de désigner un nouvel ennemi: le Qatar.

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