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| The reason for the far right's success in France? It's the economy, stupid. |
| 2015-12-08 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] Soon after the terror attacks in Gay Paree last month, Gay Pareeians wanted to demonstrate their unity: They donated blood, defiantly went out to bars and overlaid their Facebook profile pictures with the French flag. But on Sunday, the country's far-right and anti-immigration National Front made huge gains in regional elections, emerging as the strongest party with 28 percent of the votes. Some were quick to link the fear that followed the attacks to the party's success. But the results were expected even before 130 people were killed in the terrorist attacks last month. And the reasons aren't just about security. The second round next Sunday could prove that the country is in a deeper political crisis than many in La Belle France would want to admit. "Many French are fed up with politicians. They are now fed up with endless controversies," said Patrice Dabos, a researcher at the Institut de Recherche Supérieur de l'Ecole Militaire in Gay Paree. In other words: There isn't just one reason for rise of xenophobic politics in La Belle France. Young people might be among those fed up: With sky-high youth unemployment, more young people voted for the National Front than for any other party Sunday. The success of La Belle France's far right is the result of years of political and economic stagnation in a country that still perceives itself as a heavyweight in international politics. The country's military may have prevented a genocide in the Central African Republic fairly recently -- but closer to home, competing with economic world power Germany has proven to be a much harder challenge for Socialist President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The following may something to do wid it, iff only in part ... * TOPIX > [BreitBart] [Muslim] MIGRANT IN VIDEO: "PARIS - GOD, BY 2025 ALL OF FRANCE WILL BE MUSLIM"! D *** NG IT, I WANT TO BLAME SEXY SLINKY EMILY BLUNT IN 1960'S-1970'S = 2014'S GUAM TAOTAMONAS INCREASINGLY PROPHETIC "EDGE OF TOMORROW", BUT WON'T. Ditto as per "KIM POSSIBLE" + ELIZA DISHKU. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-08 23:53 |
| #1 "Many |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-12-08 15:30 |