The national fronts track record of ineptitude, corruption and nepotism might herald the end of the french republic. In a victory speech to supporters, mr macron borrowed language favoured by his rival to describe himself as the patriotic choice for france. During the second round, macron beat le pen by a landslide victory with 66% of the vote to lepens 34%. Apr 30, 2017 french presidential election candidate for the farright front national fn party marine le pen delivers a speech during a campaign meeting on april 19, 2017, in marseilles. Farright presidential candidate marine le pen delivers a speech after finishing second in the first round in. Why le pen, and populists, see sunday loss as another step. Marine le pen vows to end all immigration to france duration. Marine le pen appears to have plagiarized an entire speech. Nationalism will sweep across europe in 2017 at conference of farright groups, french populist says continent will wake up, following in the footsteps of brexit and trumps victory. Marine le pen extols far right during speech in germany the. In the uk,the conservatives and labour have been decimated over their stance on brexit with nigel farages brexit party and proremain parties emerging as. Women of the far rightmost notably marine le pen of the front national in franceeven claim to be true feminists because they want to protect women from the assaults of muslim men.
This article examines the performance and party system diffusion of euroscepticism of the french front national fn during recent european crises. Her research reveals how radical views can be cloaked in soothing speech. Marine le pen has massive lead over failing macron in european elections duration. Marine le pen wins record victory for front national in. August 19, 1992 houston, texas less than three months ago, at platform hearings in salt lake city, i asked the republican party to lift the shroud of silence which has. Frances le pen launches election bid with vow to fight globalization. Ms le pen had campaigned for france to leave the euro. Textual analysis of the rhetoric behind extremist marine le. Trumps victory sent a shovkwave to liberal communites.
But even bolder than his proposals was the speech itself, and the americanstyle executive it seemed to usher in. Below is a short video highlighting some of the most extreme proposals the national front and their leader have made since the launch of their official presidential campaign in february. We are honoured by the strong results and deeply moved by the trust of singaporeans, and the responsibility which has been reposed in us. Apr 23, 2017 marine le pen s victory speech channel brexit. Marine le pen, a farright candidate in frances presidential campaign, spoke to supporters after winning second place in the first round of elections. Hollande urges french to reject le pen in presidential run.
Jan 05, 2017 farright candidate is a serious contender in french presidential election national front leader marine le pen has laid out her plans for france in a speech to journalists. A lot of people have said that the victory of donald trump makes the victory of. Emmanuel macron and how political campaigns will never be the same. May 07, 2017 emmanuel macron won the french presidency over the rightwing nationalist marine le pen in a sweeping victory that resounded across the country. Frances terrorism is largely home grown the guardian. May 08, 2017 full transcript of emmanuel macron speech. During her political career she has expressed her positions on a wide range of political issues covering economics, immigration, social issues, and foreign policy. Wear racist badge like a medal, bannon tells frances. Front nationals victory in the 2014 european elections in france. Frances terrorism is largely home grown yet both macron and le pen look away. One trump voter echoed this view in softer fashion in the new york times, saying. May 25, 2014 marine le pen wins record victory for front national in french elections marine le pen s farright front national party has scored its highest ever percentage of the vote, exit polls in france show. Marine le pen is almost singlehandedly reforming the image of her party and will continue to do so as time goes on.
Full transcript of emmanuel macron speech bbc news. Apr 26, 2017 marine le pens narrow path to french victory. In koblenz, germany, on saturday, marine le pen, leader of the national front in france, said that the far right would awake in europe this. Marine le pen is a french politician, who is the president of the national rally rn. Former trump aide steve bannons shock cameo set the national front fn convention abuzz on saturday.
Those who have known angela merkel describe her rise to. During le pen s speech, one young woman jumped on the stage and was immediately carried away by security and a topless woman later shouted out from the middle of the concert hall in an apparent. The defeat of marine le pen in france and geert wilders in the. Marine le pen launches presidential campaign with hardline speech financial globalisation and islamist globalisation are helping each other out. Centrist former economy minister emmanuel macron has won the french presidential election, defeating his farright rival marine le pen in sundays runoff vote, making him the youngest president in frances modern history, according to polling agency projections. Emmanuel macrons victory speech, given in front of the louvre pyramid on may 7, 2017, was perceived by many commentators in terms of monarchical symbolism.
In a speech in paris on 19 november 2011, le pen presented the main. Marion anne perrine marine le pen is a french politician and lawyer serving as president of. Dec 01, 2016 one of the reasons for trump victory is that he was massively supported by the electorate of one of the two major political parties in the unites states. Transcript marine le pen andrew marr you have said that donald trump s victory is a worldchanging moment. Marine le pen kicks off presidential bid with xenophobic speech headline feb 06, 2017 in france, far rightwing politician marine le pen gave a muchanticipated speech launching her. During the 2010 internal campaign for the fn leadership, marine le pen explained why the leadership of the party and the candidature for the presidential election must not be dissociated.
Apr 21, 2017 what a victory for frances marine le pen would mean for european startups inc. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject. Macrons vision for the french health system the lancet. French presidential election 2017 world the guardian. May 18, 2017 it was never written down and never given a name, but france had a detailed plan to protect the republic if far right leader marine le pen was elected president, french media have reported.
Hate speech is not limited to eastern european countries but has also sweeped into. Jan 21, 2017 marine le pen extols far right during speech in germany. Emmanuel macron and how political campaigns will never be. Marine le pen, french national front fn political party leader and candidate for the french 2017 presidential election, attends. Frances farright leader marine le pen delivers a speech for the next years municipal elections in an endsummer annual address to partisans in frejus, france september 15, 2019. Macron appeals to le pen voters with election victory speech. Opinion the urgency of ethnic nationalism the new york. Marine le pen told supporters the survival of france was at stake in the. Farright candidate is a serious contender in french. Apr 18, 2017 marine le pen has stepped up her antiimmigration and antiislam rhetoric as she seeks to mobilise her farright partys base in the final days of campaigning before the first round of voting in. Clearly, donald trumps victory is an additional stone in the building of a new world. The result bolstered the european union and showed. Emmanuel macron won the french presidency over the rightwing nationalist marine le pen in a sweeping victory that resounded across the country.
Europe the farright presidential candidate has threatened to remove france from the european union and severely. Apr 17, 2015 textual analysis of the rhetoric behind extremist marine le pen s mainstream success. Will frances marine le pen achieve a third victory for the. There is a bright future for marine le pen and french nationalism. Marine le pen received substantial media attention during the campaign as a result of comments, made during a speech to party members in lyon on 10 december 2010, in which she compared the blocking of public streets and squares in french cities in particular rue myrha in the 18th arrondissement of paris for muslim prayers with the nazi.
The centrist emmanuel macron won a landslide victory over his farright rival, marine le pen, on sunday, beating back her nationalist, antiimmigrant campaign to become the youngest president. In october 2015, documentary film maker elise le guevel and her crew flew in from paris to visit stanford. Francois fillon wins frances conservative presidential. Macron to press case for eurozone reform despite merkel. Emmanuel macron, 39, declares tonight, france won after. Divisions in antile pen front open a narrow path to victory. Marine le pen launches presidential campaign with hardline speech. Jge antidisestablishmentarianism in the american election. How merkels win may hide rising discontent consortiumnews. In france, these young voters dream of a president marine le pen. May 07, 2017 marine le pen, former leader of frances far right national front party, was one of the two contenders to be the countrys next president. Frances farright front national president marine le pen, center, and u. Marine le pen s victory is a bigger threat than isil. Le pen steps up antiimmigration rhetoric ahead of french.
Delivering his election victory speech outside the louvre, emmanuel macron reaches out to those who voted for his farright opponent marine le pen. I will stop mass immigration and free the french people marine le pen has hailed an historic evening after she shot through to the final round of voting in the french. She has stated that as the fns immigration policies are better known to voters, she focuses her campaigning on the partys economic and social. Marine le pen, a farright candidate in frances presidential campaign, spoke to supporters after winning second place in the first round read. In the hours after emmanuel macron and marine le pen emerged as the finalists in frances presidential election, on april 23, one defeated. One big difference his victory will make is the way health reform is carried out.
Wear racist like a badge of honour, bannon tells french. Secret plans to protect france in the event of le pen. Pdf the turbulent recent history of front national under marine le. Pdf marine le pen and the front national in france. Clearly, donald trumps victory is an additional stone in the building of a new world, destined to replace the old one. Obviously, we have to compare this victory with the. Neither victory for the french nor defeat for europes enemies, in other words, will emanate from the managed technocracy of the european. Marine le pen, emmanuel macron triumph in first round of french election. Leader marine le pen is assured of reelection, running unopposed if not undisputed. Timetable of marine le pens campaign trail for the 2011 congress pdf in. On 23 april 2017, macron won 24% of the vote with opponent marine le pen winning 21%. Four takeaways from the european elections youtube. It would be the biggest victory for europes far right since world war ii, by. Here is the closing speech of marine le pen, president of the front national party in france, given at the end of the 20 summer party conference in marseilles.
French presidential election may 2017 full second round results and analysis. Marine le pen seemed to lose in a landslide, but fully twothirds of eligible french voters did not vote for emmanuel macron, a populist rejection of the status quo that fits the trend experts see. Spurred by the farright national front under marine le pen, it has suggested a still more ominous rejection of ethnic and racial. Emmanuel macron simple english wikipedia, the free. Frances outgoing president, francois hollande, on monday urged people to back centrist emmanuel macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject farright leader marine le pen, whose place in the runoff represented a risk for france. Marine le pen heads to the rust belt to celebrate french election. Steeve briois born 28 november 1972 is a french politician.
Marine le pen speech with english subtitles 20 party. Francois fillon wins frances conservative presidential primary. In commemoration of winning the 1990 sakharov prize for freedom of thought print friendly. In 2017, he was interim leader of the national front. Freedom from fear 1990 archives of womens political. Eu ready to move forward with china after french election. Marine le pen launches presidential campaign with hardline. It has vaulted marine le pen to the final round of the french election. Congratulations to the new president of the united states and to the american people, set free. From 2011 to 2014 he served as generalsecretary of front national. May 02, 2017 marine le pen appears to have plagiarized an entire speech from francois fillon. Farright leader presidential candidate marine le pen gestures as she speaks during a conference in lyon, france, sunday.
Ms merkel has trodden carefully with mr macron since his election victory against far. Mar 10, 2017 divisions in anti le pen front open a narrow path to victory. Marine le pen seeks antieu friends in slovakia youtube. Marine le pen gives speech photo credit blandine le cain. May 07, 2017 centrist french candidate emmanuel macron crushed rightwing rival marine le pen on sunday in a historic election that will make him the countrys youngestever president. Frances le pen hails eu way of life job as victory on. Macron became the countrys youngest head of state since napoleon in may by emphatically beating his farright rival marine le pen.
Nov 17, 2016 marine le pen could win next french election amid rise of populist right and trump victory rightwing politician marine le pen could be on track for a shock victory in the french elections next. Marine le pens victory is a bigger threat than isil middle. Frances le pen launches election bid with vow to fight. Marion marechalle pens full speech from cpac 2018 marion marechalle pen, niece of national front leader marine le pen, spoke feb. I n her victory speech last night, marine le pen described the results of the first. French national front leader gains support but election result still in the balance.
Observers across the west may say macrons big victory signals the. Secret plans to protect france in the event of le pen victory emerge. Frances national front party leader marine le pen looks on as former white house strategist steve bannon speaks to the press in lille on march 10, 2018. President of france since 2017 macron formally became president on 14 may. The election result briefly sent the euro to a sixmonth high against the dollar, as markets reacted to the victory by the proeu candidate. Marine le pen in the presidential elections in france much likelier. Her star will continue to rise and the cause of french nationalism will overcome the eu state.
Donald trump is the president america deserves foreign. Marine le pens team and supporters tweeting fake news all day long and stupid memes going viral on facebook. There was a french election coming up that year with, at that point, an extremely unperceivable outcome. What could a victory for marine le pen mean for the european. Following is the unofficial transcript of a cnbc interview with french presidential candidate and national front party leader marine le pen and cnbc chief. Le pen had previously received financial support from a bank that had ties to the kremlin, and she vowed to push for the end of the sanctions regime that had been enacted after russias annexation. After he was elected, she decided she couldnt leave the west exposed to so much change at once. August 19, 1992 houston, texas less than three months ago, at platform hearings in salt lake city, i asked the republican party to lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of hivaids.
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