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The election that might make a difference and is too close to call thread - France
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UKIP are not the far right though, so im not sure what the point is there
BNP are the far right here, and they barely exist, in France their equivalent just came 2nd in the national vote, and people are saying this is good?0 -
mayonnaise wrote: »Resounding pro-EU vote in France, a win for pro-EU Rutte in Holland with massive gains for the very pro-EU Greens there, and Merkel's CDU making gains in Schleswig-Holstein.
Good to see that irrational, xenophobia based populism remains contained within the boundaries of little england.
In the Times today, sorry can't link, it reports that 43% of his votes were from people who didn't want Le Pen, 33% wanted to renew the French political class, 8% for his personality. Only 16% voted because they backed his programme.0 -
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