France General Discussion II: Living under Marxism

[Famous Mortimer]

I have a question about Chevenement being appointed the head of the Muslim relations or whatever.

As much as it is mocked, I've seen references before to Chevenement actually having close ties to the Muslim community. How is that? That seems unlikely given his republican ideology. Is he considered a friend of Muslim because he opposed the Gulf Wars? Is he an associate of Muslims but only like totally secular Uncle Tom Muslims?

You need endorsements from 500 officeholders (usually mayors since there are, you know 36K of them to choose from). You have to collect their signatures and submit them to the Constitutional Council, usually in early March. The official list of candidates is made public in mid-March.

In case you didn't realize, you answered a different question from a different thread.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oops, sorry. I saw your post in the other thread and wanted to respond, but got it mixed up.

I have no idea regarding Chevènement.

[Zinneke]

He put forward a pro-Arab foreign policy. I would not call him a pro-Muslim politician, just a sympathiser of neo-Nasserist secular Arab nationalisn like Chirac was, and he opposed the Iraq war in 1991 and most US-led foreign intervention in the ME. Chirac was actually quite popular with the Muslim minority in France, so if you put 2 and 2 together, Chevenement is potentially seen as a good candidate. The vocal French Muslims put foreign policy higher on the agenda than the rest of France, you see.

He's also an ex-Home Secretary with cross-party respect.

[Tirnam]

Two polls about the US election

Odoxa for Franceinfo

Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. Are you satisfied with this result?
No - 76%
Yes - 22%

Trump is ...
aggressive - Yes  85%, no 14%
racist - Yes 82%, no 17%
dangerous - Yes 75%, no 24%
...
qualified - Yes 24%, no 75%

Ifop for Sud-ouest

Do you have a favorable or a unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump?
Favorable - 13%
Unfavorable - 75%

The election of Donald Trump worries you ...
for the relationship between the US and Europe: 77%
for world's peace: 74%
for the fight against terrorism: 57%

[windjammer]

According to some rumors, Valls is going to resign

[Lord Halifax]

According to some rumors, Valls is going to resign

source?

[windjammer]

According to some rumors, Valls is going to resign

source?

Le Parisien (newspaper)

[Tirnam]

The Minister of the Interior is under pressure after it was revealed that he used his 2 daughters as parliamentary assistants for summer jobs. One was employed at only 15 or 16 years old.

[Tirnam]

Bruno Le Roux (Interior minister) resigns

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Former First Secretary of the Socialist Party and President of the National Assembly Henri Emmanuelli dies at 71.

[parochial boy]

Big demos going on in Guyane at the moment, against perceived neglect from the French state leaving Guyane underdeveloped (among other things)

[Beet]

Why are there always riots right before a far right candidate is up for election? I swear to f___ing god. As before, if Hollande was smart he would crack heads. As before, he is not smart.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Why are there always riots right before a far right candidate is up for election in France?

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Elements of answer to this eventually more relevant question:

Or something like that.

Now if u're interested in speaking about the Chinese/Asian community in France that's an other matter.

Ah and i thought the nickname of that paper was 'Daily Fail'.

[Devout Centrist]

Why are there always riots right before a far right candidate is up for election? I swear to f___ing god. As before, if Hollande was smart he would crack heads. As before, he is not smart.

Ah France, the country that riots over riots.

[Beet]

Why are there always riots right before a far right candidate is up for election in France?

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No, this was America in the run-up to the judgement of Donald Trump at the ballot box:

Charlotte Protest Turns Violent, Governor Declares State of Emergency and Deploys National Guard

“Things got out of hand:” Violence breaks out in Milwaukee following officer-involved shooting

2 Police Officers Shot, Killed in Ambush Attacks in Iowa

All swing states. All states that went to Trump. Since the election? Crickets. Now that Le Pen is running in France, nonstop riots. After the election mark my words, thing will quiet down. At this rate, all of Paris will be burned down by the election.

The center-left would rather let mein Fuhrer get into power than stand up to lawless rioters by cracking down hard.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Why are there always riots right before a far right candidate is up for election in France?

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No, this was America in the run-up to the judgement of Donald Trump at the ballot box:

Charlotte Protest Turns Violent, Governor Declares State of Emergency and Deploys National Guard

“Things got out of hand:” Violence breaks out in Milwaukee following officer-involved shooting

2 Police Officers Shot, Killed in Ambush Attacks in Iowa

All swing states. All states that went to Trump. Since the election? Crickets. Now that Le Pen is running in France, nonstop riots. After the election mark my words, thing will quiet down. At this rate, all of Paris will be burned down by the election.

And my point specifically was to tell that France, really, isn't the right example to illustrate that theory, both by its riots habbits, and by the fact that, so far at least, it seems to be impossible for that big mouth blondie to reach any sit of power in this country.

And taking those specific 'riots' to try to show 'Paris on fire' still more show...little knowledge...of what...true riots...are in France.

Thanks for trying.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Interesting to see her gain ground in the 2nd round polls while she's stable or even in slight decline in the first.

[parochial boy]

I would caution against using one poll to indicate a trend to be honest