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'Jour horrible pour la France'
I got an email from Sophie saying that this was a horrible day for France, but no more explanation. I went down to see Antoine as soon as I read her email. Antoine had just gone online and found out the news for himself when I came in and asked, "What's happening in France?"
Jean-Marie LePen, leader of the extreme-right party Le Front National, has been promoted to the second round of the presidential elections in France. All along it was believed that the two candidates in the second round would be the current president, Jacques Chirac, and the current prime minister, Lionel Jospin. I had read an article on the upcoming elections that said that LePen was running again. But it listed him among the other "also-rans" and focused on Chirac and Jospin. Somehow this nasty racist candidate, with a history of anti-immigration, anti-European and anti-Semitic policies, gained the support of the French and he is running against Chirac for the presidency.
Antoine's reaction: "I'm not French".
Votez Chirac.
srah - Sunday, 21 April 2002 - 8:35 PM
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