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Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:07 AM Aug 2015

French far-right No. 2: Party had to expel founder Le Pen

Source: WBAY-TV, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI

PARIS (AP) — The far-right National Front’s second-in-command said Friday that the party had no choice but to expel its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, because he was ruining the anti-immigration party.

Florian Philippot said on BFM-TV that Thursday’s decision to kick out the 87-year-old Le Pen was justified because he went “from provocation to provocation” in a “work of destruction.”

Le Pen’s expulsion was the climax of a feud with his daughter, party president Marine Le Pen, that began in April and has since turned into a political drama. Polls suggest that she has a serious shot at the French presidency in the country’s 2017 election.

Read more: http://wbay.com/ap/french-far-right-no-2-party-had-to-expel-founder-le-pen/



Family and party squabbles destroying the far-right.

I love it.
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French far-right No. 2: Party had to expel founder Le Pen (Original Post) Archae Aug 2015 OP
Extremists always turn on each other n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #1
"... he was ruining the anti-immigration party." Not for being pro-immigration but for anti-Semitism pampango Aug 2015 #2
"Destroying the far right"? candelista Aug 2015 #3

pampango

(24,692 posts)
2. "... he was ruining the anti-immigration party." Not for being pro-immigration but for anti-Semitism
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:42 AM
Aug 2015

which has been replaced on the French far-right by Islamophobia. If Mr. Le Pen cannot keep up with the changing "enemy du jour" he must be made to take a step back. The far-right is a clown show of hatred but it is a dangerous one.

Le Pen reiterated his contention that the Nazi gas chambers were a “detail” in World War II history.
 

candelista

(1,986 posts)
3. "Destroying the far right"?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:48 AM
Aug 2015

I don't see anything in the story about "destroying" the far right. The party is doing better under Marie than it ever did under her dad. Why? Because she soft pedals antisemitism and pushes anti-Islamism, which is more appealing to voters nowadays.

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