December 18, 2010 The comments French far-right spokesperson Marine Le Pen have sparked condemnation from politicians from President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling UMP party and from the opposition Socialists and the Greens. “This is the true face of the far right which has not changed in the slightest, and Marine Le Pen is just as dangerous…
News Agencies – December 20, 2010 It is expected that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will take another lurch to the Right with a speech on New Year’s Eve calling Muslim prayers in the street “unacceptable”. After his expulsions of gypsies and a crackdown on immigrant crime, the French President will warn that the overflow of…
New Agencies – December 19, 2010 Groups from across Europe gathered in Paris to give voice to increasingly pronounced anti-Islam sentiments on the continent. Claiming to represent a wide range of political opinion, from Marxists and feminists to hardcore secularists and right-wing activists, the groups said they would coordinate their fight against what they call…
News Agencies – December 11, 2010 The daughter of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who hopes to succeed her father as head of his Front National party, has compared Muslims praying in the street to the German occupation during World War II. Claiming that Islamic prayers are held in the streets in 10-15 locations…
News Agencies – December 2, 2010 A Paris court has acquitted the far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen of charges of racism over campaign posters for his National Front party. The court said Thursday that Mr. Le Pen, left, was not personally responsible for the posters, reading “No to Islamism” and featuring a woman in a…
