France’s far-right National Front will launch a campaign to woo Muslim voters in Paris’ depressed suburbs in December regional elections, according to its lead candidate in the Ile-de-France region which includes the capital. The National Front (FN), which polls say could win around 20 percent of the region’s votes, up from 9 percent in 2010,…
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s nationalist Front National party has called on authorities to expel all foreign citizens suspected of fundamentalism and to begin monitoring prayers and gatherings at all mosques, after attacks in southeast France. The attack took place this morning in France’s Isère region, near the city Grenoble. One man was found beheaded with…
Francois Hollande: “Of course there is emotion, but emotion cannot be the only response: it’s action, prevention, dissuasion, never giving into fear, not creating useless divisions, suspicions or intolerance. It’s to do the work Franchmen expect of us, to protect them, establish truth and eradicate responsible groups or individuals and acts.” Nicolas Sarkozy: “Never will…
The Dutch government want to examine the possibility to bar unwanted imams that come from European countries. At this moment only imams who are suspected of hate speech from outside of the EU are being barred. These imams will be on a blacklist but the Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) also wants imams…
Members of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party last week approved Sarkozy’s proposal to rename their political organization Les Républicains in an online ballot. The name change is meant to help re-energise the party, which has been marred by bitter infighting and financial scandals in recent years. The divisions that have threatened…
