Thursday, February 10, 2011

Marine LePen Takes over NFP

NPR recently covered the takeover of Marine LePen of the National Front Party in France. Her father, Jean-Marie LePen founded the party, known for its extreme nationalist views, which lost strength after the 2007 election of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. It seems that Mme LePen has plans to modernize the party by denouncing outdated views on ideas such as homophobia and immigration.
 I will be following Mme LePen and the plans she has for her party; what does she plan to do with the current situation involving the Roma in France? Will her immigration views please the European Union which is upset with the way Sarkozy has handled the expulsion of Roma from France? I am excited to see how she plans to uproot old party foundations with newer ones without losing a large percentage of members.
Cheers!

Marine LePen and her father. Image courtesy of LIFE.com

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