'It's now the world of Putin, the world of Donald Trump,' says France's far-right leader Marine Le P
Source: Newsweek
Its now the world of Putin, the world of Donald Trump, says Frances far-right leader Marine Le Pen
BY JASON LE MIERE ON 3/24/17 AT 10:02 AM
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Friday its now the world of (Vladimir) Putin, the world of Donald Trump, after meeting with the Russian president in Moscow, a reporter for the Guardian said on Twitter. Le Pens trip to Moscow and particularly her surprise meeting with Putin has stoked fears of Russia attempting to influence the outcome of Frances presidential election, the first round of which is now just a month away.
Link to tweet
Le Pen, the leader of Frances National Front, has long called for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on Russia after it annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. On her trip to Moscow, she reiterated that stance, calling the sanctions counterproductive.
Her party, from which she took over leadership from her father, has also attracted scrutiny for borrowing millions of euros from Russian banks. Le Pen has countered by saying that if any English or American bank would offer money I would gladly accept it.
Earlier this month, an aide to Le Pens chief rival for the French presidency, centrist independent Emmanuel Macron, accused Russia of mounting a duel campaign of hacking and fake news. Macron and Le Pen are the leading contenders in the presidential race.
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nikibatts
(2,198 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)I hope she has as much success as Geert. Assholes the lot of them.
deminks
(11,017 posts)dalton99a
(81,566 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)He bent over enough far more than anyone else.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)This is right-wing lunatics across the globe uniting in common cause and looking to filch the populations of America, Europe, Russia and undoubtedly Asia too.
This is getting out of hand, fast.
MBS
(9,688 posts)It's like Voldemort gradually reassembling himself with each successive Harry Potter book.
To LePen,Trump, and Putin, you can add Farage, the Putin mini-me Victor Orban in Hungary, Zeman in the Czech republic, the rightward turn of Poland, Wilders in the Netherlands (thankfully he lost in the last election, but he and his "people" are still around), the right-wing guy in Austria (also defeated in last election, but just barely, and, again, he's still around) , Duterte in the Philippines. . and more (it's getting hard to keep track.)
But worst of all are their supporters.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)2naSalit
(86,765 posts)ananda
(28,873 posts)People from exploited countries moved into Europe and America,
sometimes willingly and sometimes not (as slaves).
When the oppressor countries have problems, race-baiting and
demonizing the immigrants always works to divide the citizens
and keep the oppression in place.
That is what is happening with the rise of the white supremacist
rightwing in the USA and in some European countries.
Putin and 45 do have control of this particular trend right now,
and I also believe that it will ultimately destroy much of humanity
if not all.