Bogie56 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Fox NewsVerified account @FoxNews 2h2 hours ago Le Pen blasts Trump for reversing stance on NATO http://fxn.ws/2nPIgMx Gee I wonder if the Kremlin financing her campaign has anything to do with that one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Gee I wonder if the Kremlin financing her campaign has anything to do with that one. Marine Le Pen's party, the National Front, was founded by her father-- after France lost the colonial Algerian War of Independence--to develop and organize political hatred against Arab Muslims in France. Madame Le Pen, as head of that party, has no sympathy or concern for any of those gassed and dying babies or adults in Syria because they were Arab Muslims. She claims to have cleaned up the hate spewed forth by the National Front for decades, while her father was leading it, but she has simply put a screen over it. Hate is still there in the foundation and in the leadership. Putin supports Assad,as a dictator torturing his own people, just as he himself is he's trying to regain the former Soviet domination in Eastern Europe, to torture those people. NATO is obviously a roadblock to this - -the National Front has found a partner in Hate with Vladimir Putin. Going back to an Eastern European Soviet Bloc is not a good move for France or any other Western European country. Marine Le Pen loves Hate more than she loves France. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Vote in Turkey on Powers for Erdogan Reveals Sharp Divisions- "....Turks who voted on Sunday to give implicit support for Mr. Erdogan’s style of authoritarian leadership, and explicit approval for a new political system that will formally bestow sweeping powers on his office from 2019. Turkey’s main opposition party is demanding a recount after voting irregularities were reported in Sunday’s referendum, which Mr. Erdogan won by 51.3 percent to 48.7..... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/world/europe/turkey-referendum-erdogan.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Turkey’s Vote Makes Erdoğan Effectively a Dictator- "The vast new powers granted to Erdoğan—wide control over the judiciary, broad powers to make law by decree, the abolition of the office of the Prime Minister and of Turkey’s parliamentary system—effectively makes him a dictator.... Turks campaigning against the referendum were attacked and even shot at. For much of the past year, Erdoğan’s government has been working to stamp out what remained of the democratic opposition to his rule. Since July, some forty thousand people have been detained, including a hundred and fifty journalists. A hundred thousand government employees have been fired, and a hundred and seventy-nine television stations, newspapers, and other media outlets have been closed. Many opposition leaders are in jail. That’s not an environment conducive to asking a populace what it wants.... Erdoğan has used one trumped-up enemy after another to justify his drive for absolute power. In 2013 came the Gezi Park protests, where Turkish police cracked down on peaceful demonstrators, killing several people and injuring thousands more. Then, last July, Erdoğan beat back an attempted military coup against him, then exploited the crisis to neutralize any remaining opposition. Erdoğan’s strongman tactics worked in no small part because of the acquiescence of the United States and Europe, “Democracy is like a train,’’ Erdoğan was said to have remarked. “You get off once you’ve reached your destination.” http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/turkeys-vote-makes-erdogan-effectively-a-dictator?mbid=social_facebook Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 It’s France’s Turn to Worry About Election Meddling by Russia- “The Return of Fillon to the Head of Opinion Polls,” declared the bold headline, contradicting other French polls suggesting that the onetime favorite had fallen to third or even fourth place as he battled corruption charges. As it happens, Mr. Fillon’s lead in the polls existed only in a world of alternative facts shared by the French-language service of Sputnik, a state-funded Russian news operation with the motto “Telling the Untold.” For weeks, Sputnik and a second Russian outfit, the new French-language arm of RT, a Kremlin-funded television station, have published reports that critics characterized as “Telling the Untrue” but that fans welcomed as a breath of contrarian fresh air. The broader question as France charges toward the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, however, is what exactly lies behind what looks to many, particularly supporters of the liberal front-runner, Emmanuel Macron, like a replay of Russia’s interference in the presidential election in the United States last year..... Russia, or at least its state-controlled news media, has been backing two horses in the French race. One is Mr. Fillon, who, while prime minister from 2007 to 2012, struck up a friendship with Vladimir V. Putin,.... Russia’s other preferred candidate is Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front party who traveled to Moscow last month for a meeting with Mr. Putin, whom she openly admires. Her party, traditionally hostile to the United States and the European Union, has received millions of dollars in loans from Russian banks. Mr. Macron, on the other hand, is the most enthusiastically pro-European Union candidate in the race, and Russia has been seeking to undermine and divide the union..... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/world/europe/french-election-russia.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 AP EuropeVerified account @AP_Europe 3h3 hours ago Some don't share Le Pen's views, but France's rust belt voters say they'll back her to shake the establishment http://apne.ws/2pvlXfm Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 AP EuropeVerified account @AP_Europe 3h3 hours ago Some don't share Le Pen's views, but France's rust belt voters say they'll back her to shake the establishment http://apne.ws/2pvlXfm Considering how many French Jews were Holocausted-- sent by the collaboration French government during World War II to die in Nazi death camps - - she certainly would be the candidate that would scare a number of Jewish French people, because of the anti-Semitic hatred spilling forth from her political party. Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bloomberg PoliticsVerified account @bpolitics 18m18 minutes ago BREAKING: Britain's Parliament backs Theresa May's call for a general election by 522 to 13 https://bloom.bg/2os0bEG Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bloomberg PoliticsVerified account @bpolitics 26m26 minutes ago "Red" Melenchon scares France’s rich into considering exile https://bloom.bg/2orZs6n Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bloomberg PoliticsVerified account @bpolitics 8h8 hours ago The 4-way French election contest is putting pollsters to the test as never before https://bloom.bg/2pfeIIC Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bloomberg PoliticsVerified account @bpolitics 8h8 hours ago The 4-way French election contest is putting pollsters to the test as never before https://bloom.bg/2pfeIIC And I thought our 2 way election was a headache. I pity the French. Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 The Washington TimesVerified account @WashTimes 1h1 hour ago Topsy-turvy French election still has surprises in store http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/20/topsy-turvy-french-election-still-has-surprises-st/ Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 The Washington TimesVerified account @WashTimes 6h6 hours ago .@theresa_may showed herself Tuesday to be a bit of a gambler, but only a bit. #WashTimesEd #Brexit Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Let's see if I get this straight - the top two contenders for President of France are: 1. A dull middle of the road candidate with a somewhat eyebrow raising family life. 2. A person who rages against the elites in spite of being somebody with a great deal of inherited wealth, who appeals to the chronically unemployed by demonizing immigrants saying they are coming to take your jobs and brutalize your women. All the while the press laughs at the possibility of candidate #2 winning.Where have I heard this before? Hmmmmmm. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Washington ExaminerVerified account @dcexaminer 1h1 hour ago French voters on verge of "overturning the establishment" with presidential election approaching http://washex.am/2ofiuBq Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Fox NewsVerified account @FoxNews 19h19 hours ago 'Could Le Pen win?' A guide to the French presidential election http://fxn.ws/2ouvu2t via @AdamShawNY Link to post Share on other sites
JakeHolman Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Daily Mail OnlineVerified account @MailOnline 3h3 hours ago Topless protesters target Marine Le Pen as candidates cast their vote in the French election http://dailym.ai/2pSsr59 Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Daily Mail OnlineVerified account @MailOnline 3h3 hours ago Topless protesters target Marine Le Pen as candidates cast their vote in the French election http://dailym.ai/2pSsr59 Grope first, arrest later. Gotta love the French. hmmmm, topless anti Trump protest, he might like that. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 The next Prime Minister of France: (Remember, I predicted Theresa May when many of you were insisting that Boris would be the next British PM). Back in February, I predicted that Mr. Macron would be the next Prime Minister of France. I stand by that prediction. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 "Independent candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round of France’s presidential election Sunday with 23.7 percent of the vote, followed by far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen, who finished second with 21.7 percent, according to early exit polls. François Fillon, the center-right Republicans candidate, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the far-left candidate, tied for third place with 19.5 percent of the vote. Benoît Hamon, the Socialist candidate, trailed with 6.2 percent. As the top-two vote-getters, Macron and Le Pen are now expected to advance to the May 7 runoff. Opinion polls predict Macron would win that contest, though the turnout in the second round could impact the outcome... https://www.theatlantic.com/liveblogs/2017/04/europe-elections/513677/16236/?utm_source=atlfb France's next leader: centrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen....... https://www.apnews.com/e1534bfda3cf427daa8b495e03a0f8be/France's-next-leader:-centrist-Macron-vs.-far-right-Le-Pen Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Back in February, I predicted that Mr. Macron would be the next Prime Minister of France. I stand by that prediction.Swith--Monsieur Macron is running in the runoff election to be President of the Republic of France. The president of the Republic appoints the prime minister. Traditionally the Prime Minister should be selected from the party who has the majority in the National Assembly. Or, as in a parliamentary system, the party who has a majority within a coalition. Occasionally the party of the president and the party of the Prime Minister are from two different parties that are not in a coalition. This is called a cohabitation government. Macron, a former member of the Socialist Party, has started his own party, but before doing so, he called himself an independent. Félicitations, Mon Cher Swith Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Swith--Monsieur Macron is running in the runoff election to be President of the Republic of France. The president of the Republic appoints the prime minister. Traditionally the Prime Minister should be selected from the party who has the majority in the National Assembly. Or, as in a parliamentary system, the party who has a majority within a coalition. Occasionally the party of the president and the party of the Prime Minister are from two different parties that are not in a coalition. This is called a cohabitation government. Macron, a former member of the Socialist Party, has started his own party, but before doing so, he called himself an independent. Félicitions, Mon Cher Swith Thanks, I was still thinking of Mrs. May! Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Swith--Monsieur Macron is running in the runoff election to be President of the Republic of France. The president of the Republic appoints the prime minister. Traditionally the Prime Minister should be selected from the party who has the majority in the National Assembly. Or, as in a parliamentary system, the party who has a majority within a coalition. Occasionally the party of the president and the party of the Prime Minister are from two different parties that are not in a coalition. This is called a cohabitation government. Macron, a former member of the Socialist Party, has started his own party, but before doing so, he called himself an independent. Félicitations, Mon Cher Swith Thanks, I was still thinking of Mrs. May! Swith-- Speaking of Mrs. May--and this goes with the subject of the thread--what do you think of this surprise election in Britain? Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I'm amused by how many party names seem to come and go in France .La France insoumise is a new one. Who knows how long it will last. The candidate didn't make the cutoff. Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I'm amused by how many party names seem to come and go in France .La France insoumise is a new one. Who knows how long it will last. The candidate didn't make the cutoff. That reminds me of what de Gaulle used to say about governing his French people: "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheeses?" Link to post Share on other sites
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