{"id":6411,"date":"2020-09-30T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:00:36","slug":"with-echo-of-trump-french-far-right-leader-le-pen-launches-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6411","title":{"rendered":"With 'Echo of Trump,' French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Launches Presidential Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Riding on the coattails of far-right victories in the U.S. and U.K., France’s Marine Le Pen officially launched her bid for president on Sunday with a speech and manifesto full of populist talking points and anti-immigrant fervor.<\/p>\n

“The impossible has suddenly become possible…Other countries have shown us the way,” the head of the Front National (NF) party declared in Lyon, pointing to the surprise Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s presidential victory.<\/p>\n

“The awakening of those nations is historic and marks the end of an era,” Le Pen proclaimed. “The winds of history have changed.”<\/p>\n

During her hour-long speech, the white nationalist figurehead lambasted the “twin evils” of immigration and globalization, as France 24<\/em> put it, which she blamed for destroying the nation’s identity and prosperity.<\/p>\n

“She warned globalization ‘from below’ had taken the form of massive immigration, while globalisation ‘from above’\u2014the world of international finance\u2014forced unreasonable austerity on French citizens,” France 24<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

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And the New York Times<\/em> observed,<\/p>\n

Not unlike Trump, Le Pen laid out an agenda that included massive restrictions on immigration coupled with measures to isolate France economically, such as leaving the Eurozone and holding a referendum on EU membership.<\/p>\n

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Her manifesto, published alongside her kick-off and described by the Independent<\/em> as “heavily protectionist,” includes 144 commitments such as “curbing several rights to French citizens only, while building new prisons, hiring thousands of police, and leaving NATO’s integrated command.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Le Pen, the Independent<\/em> reports, “wants to restrict universal rights including free education to French citizens, while making it harder to gain citizenship, limit migration to a net annual total of 10,000, and deport all foreign convicts and anyone under investigation for ‘links with radical Islam.'”<\/p>\n

But Trump’s efforts to halt immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations have been met with fierce public opposition and have been temporarily halted by the U.S. court system.<\/p>\n

And for all the U.S. president’s populist promises to “drain the swamp” of government corruption, his policies, such as rolling back Wall Street regulations, and personnel appointments indicate that he is merely “a fraud,” a Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently charged.<\/p>\n

Thus far, the majority of polls show Le Pen “winning the first round of France’s presidential election on 23 April but losing the run-off vote in May,” the Independent<\/em> noted. “Her supporters, buoyed by the FN’s move into the mainstream amid rising Euroscepticism, anti-immigration sentiment, and terror fears, have been heartened by the shock votes for Brexit and Donald Trump.”<\/p>\n

Reporting on the latest polling on Monday, Reuters<\/em> wrote:<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Socialist candidate Beno\u00eet Hamon\u2014known as the “Bernie Sanders of France”\u2014is polling at 15.5 percent, down from 18 percent on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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