National Front's New Leader Quits Over Alleged Holocaust Denial
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[quote]Jean-François Jalkh has stepped down as the leader of France's far-right National Front party, after controversy over his remarks about Nazi Germany's use of Zyklon B gas to kill Jews during World War II. Jalkh had taken over from presidential candidate Marine Le Pen just three days ago.
With Le Pen in a tight race against centrist Emmanuel Macron ahead of the May 7 election, accusations of Holocaust denial in her party's leadership have stirred memories of its founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose xenophobic and anti-Semitic outbursts led her to oust him from the party in 2015.
Jalkh "feels that there isn't the necessary serenity for him to to perform this interim role," National Front vice president Louis Aliot told TV station BFM on Friday. Aliot, who is also Le Pen's longtime partner, said Jalkh plans to defend himself from allegations that he denied the reality of the Holocaust — an act that's illegal in France.[/quote]
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Three whole days before stepping down, incredible
Can this party of wankers fall apart already
Gosh I wonder why this NOTRACIST party keeps attracting these sorts of people
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;52161916]Three whole days before stepping down, incredible
Can this party of wankers fall apart already[/QUOTE]
Is it possible that Le Pen's assumed loss would kill the party? That'd be great...
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52161930]Is it possible that Le Pen's assumed loss would kill the party? That'd be great...[/QUOTE]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2002[/url]
they survived this so probably not
it'll probably be a throbbing pain for quite awhile
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52161930]Is it possible that Le Pen's assumed loss would kill the party? That'd be great...[/QUOTE]
Hearing people from other countries with more sane electoral systems talk about parties just 'dying' and falling out of relevance because of one or two elections makes me straight up envious.
We could use a shot of that over here...
[QUOTE=froztshock;52162086]Hearing people from other countries with more sane electoral systems talk about parties just 'dying' and falling out of relevance because of one or two elections makes me straight up envious.
We could use a shot of that over here...[/QUOTE]
Without the more sane electoral system the death of a major party in the US would be little more than a glorified rebranding.
It's shocking to me that a party founded by former Nazis and neo-Nazis has a recurring problem with denying the holocaust.
Absolutely shocking.
[QUOTE=Aredbomb;52162204]Without the more sane electoral system the death of a major party in the US would be little more than a glorified rebranding.[/QUOTE]
Yep, I'm well aware. Electoral reform is basically at the top of the list of things that I feel need to happen here. A shame that politicians have a vested interest in not bringing it up...
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