• Poll: Majority of French believe National Front is a danger to democracy
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[QUOTE][IMG]http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GettyImages-648487052-714x499.jpg[/IMG] A majority of French people believe the far-right National Front led by presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is a danger to democracy, according to a latest poll published Tuesday. Voters are increasingly hostile toward the party, with 58 percent of respondents saying they consider it a threat, up from 47 percent five years ago, according to the Kantar Sofres-OnePoint poll for Franceinfo and Le Monde.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Close to 65 percent of respondents said they had never voted for the National Front, while 32 percent said they had voted for the party or intended to this year. That means one-third of French people agree with the Front National’s policies, confirming the party’s “strong potential” and position in France’s political landscape, according to the poll, which surveyed a representative sample of 1,006 people between February 23 and 27. Only 42 percent of those surveyed believed Le Pen was capable of securing votes beyond her party base. Only 42 percent of those surveyed believed Le Pen was capable of securing votes beyond her party base. The exit from the euro and a return to franc, one of Le Pen’s signature policy proposals, also dipped in popularity to 22 percent from 33 percent last year.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.politico.eu/article/majority-of-french-believe-national-front-is-a-danger-to-democracy-poll/?utm_content=buffer25b35&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer"]http://www.politico.eu/article/majority-of-french-believe-national-front-is-a-danger-to-democracy-poll/?utm_content=buffer25b35&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer[/URL]
Hopefully they've learned from our mistakes.
[QUOTE=Popularvote;51926423]Hopefully they've learned from our mistakes.[/QUOTE] Bitch we learned back in 2002 when [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2002]82.2% of France's voters told Le Pen to fuck off[/url]
I have more faith in the French people than the Americans though.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;51926714]Bitch we learned back in 2002 when [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2002]82.2% of France's voters told Le Pen to fuck off[/url][/QUOTE] I hope that 'fuck off' continues but recent years showed populism's rise is making complacency very dangerous.
[QUOTE=Selek;51926782]I hope that 'fuck off' continues but recent years showed populism's rise is making complacency very dangerous.[/QUOTE] I'm still optimistic. I can see Marine reaching round 2 but if she does, all other parties will vote for her opponent. National Front has no allies. She probably won't get crushed by a large margin like her father did back in 2002 tho.
[QUOTE=Chaitin;51926726]I have more faith in the French people than the Americans though.[/QUOTE] Same, they were smart enough not to follow us into Iraq.
A large group of people with anti-democratic beliefs are a threat to democracy. Who would've thought?
How do you even run a political party named "National Front" with a straight face? Almost as bad as the Golden Dawn.
The party founded by Nazis is a threat to democracy, huh?
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