by Adrian Davies
Alarmed by the Front National’s (FN) strong showing in the first round of the French regional elections on 6th December, the frightened system parties predictably put aside all pretence that there is any profound difference between them to unite against the only real opposition, the FN, in the second round of voting on 13th December.
On one level, they were successful: the FN, which had topped the poll in six regions in the first round, failed to carry a single region in the second.
The reason why is simple: the Socialist Party (PS) stood down in the key regions where Marine Le Pen and her niece Marion Maréchal Le Pen were the lead candidates, urging the left-wing electorate to vote for the so-called “Republicans”, their supposed “enemies” of the system capitalist pseudo-right, whose victorious candidate in the Nord Pas de Calais region was accurately described in the course of the campaign by Marine Le Pen as “a man who hates the poor”, but whom the left nevertheless embraced for the second round in its utter desperation and moral bankruptcy.
At first, the mood of the FN’s cosmopolitan opponents was exultant. Professor Steve Hanke of the vile neo-conservative Cato Institute tweeted that “The so-called far right National Front in France had a far-left economic agenda and got wiped out.” For an undoubtedly clever man, that was a truly stupid tweet!
This year, the FN polled 6,820,147 votes in the second round, amounting to 27.10% of the votes cast, compared to 6,018,672 in the first round, in which turnout was lower, so that the FN won 27.73% of the votes cast.
To put these figures in context, at the previous regional elections in 2010, the FN polled 2,223,800 in the first round (or 11.42%), falling to 1,943,307 (or 9.17%) in the second round. In other words, the FN has tripled its vote compared to five years ago. The FN now has 356 regional councillors, compared to 117 in 2010, so it has more than tripled its representation. Some wipe out!
Another remarkable feature of this election was the additional 801,475 votes that the FN gained in the second round from other parties or (more likely) those who had not voted at all in the first round, whereas in 2010 its vote fell back between the first and second rounds.
Overall turn out however was up from 22,609,602 (or 49.91%) in the first round to 26,455,071 (or 58.41%) in the second, the principal beneficiaries being the so-called “Republicans”.
The FN’s previous best result was Marine Le Pen’s 6,421,426 votes as its presidential candidate in 2012, but she polled only 17.90% that year, turnout being an impressive 36,584,399 or 79.48%, so that not only was this year’s result the best in terms of the total number of votes cast, but easily the best in terms of the percentage obtained.
Unsurprisingly, the tone of the “defeated” candidates was very upbeat. Readers who speak French should listen to Marine Le Pen’s impassioned and magnificent speech after the results were announced. You can find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZcPJtdZnn4&feature=youtu.be
Indeed, not winning control of any region is a cloud with a very obvious silver lining. The great advantage of winning would have been the opportunity for the FN to show that it can administer a large region effectively. At present its track record in local government, though good, is at the level of town councils in medium sized towns, mainly in the south-east of France.
But winning might have led to some disappointment by electors who overestimate what regional government can achieve, when central government is in the hostile hands of the PS, under a particularly odious would be totalitarian prime minister, Manuel Valls, a far more sinister figure than the much ridiculed President Hollande.
As events have turned out, the FN will now very likely be perceived as the only authentic opposition to the system parties’ squalid cartel, a very desirable situation in which to be, since none of France’s problems are going away. Its huge, alienated immigrant population is not going to love the indigenous majority any better, nor, it must be said, vice versa. Islamist terrorism will almost inevitably recur, tending over the longer term to low level civil war.
What is more, the French economy is sclerotic, plagued by high levels of long term unemployment, and static or declining tax revenues, so that the system cannot buy off dissent. Any benefits from the recent weakness of the Euro are outweighed by the collapse in the important tourist industry after the 13th November mass murder in Paris.
The weakened PS remains in power for now, but has lost credibility with its own supporters by the base expedients to which it has turned in order to keep the FN out of regional office. The FN is not going away either. Presidential elections and elections to the National Assembly are both coming in 2017. Interesting times, indeed. Not so much La vie en rose as bleu marine . . .
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This is the whole thing. ‘None of France’s problems are going to go away’. And the same can be said of all other countries subjected to the failed experiment. The problems are just going to get worse. Nature always has the last word.
Overpopulation, social-division and crime cannot be erased by social engineering or propped up by the bent media indefinitely. This year, violent crime in London has seen a whopping 20% rise from last year. This is because of long-term immigration, as the vast majority of this crime is committed by newcomers and second/third generation immigrants.
While the likes of the BBC, Guardian or Evening Standard and Co attempt to attribute every failing in our urban societies to inequality, social injustice and deprivation… the elephant in the sitting room just keeps getting fatter and fatter.
Not only do these and other media outlets seem to flaunt their denial, but with their pandering to what inherently fails they show the usual contempt to Britons, and absolute indifference to how we feel about seeing this happening in OUR country.
Only a Party with a good name and the right people on board can build a resistance movement like the FN have succeeded in doing. Join the British Democrats.
Well they gave Hitler a bad name, deserved or otherwise and the White world wears it like a mill stone ever since . Although it was the white world that saved the Jews from themselves.
Unfortunately Britain never quite got on the National Socialist band wagon. Mosely never quite did it. While the rest of Europe did. Does that make Britain smart , hoodwinked more than likely. A full frontal attack by politicians and media alike. That’s how that fat elephant enjoys the comfort of our sitting room and welfare as well.
How much further can this situation last I ask myself. The answer isn’t encouraging. Our school system is totally corrupted by Marxism. Our culture under constant attack.
A recent article in the Telegraph has rightly pointed out the tyranny of the politically correct regimes within our education system…”corrupted by Marxism”…’same difference’…Any dissent, or perceived dissent from the quasi religious liberal agenda of self loathing and white guilt and the whole rotten bunch of Reds will close ranks against you.
( Party Official ) As I understand it , the Front National also has around 2,000 LOCAL COUNCILLORS ! With hard work and determination to match our GOOD NAME , I am sure we can start to emulate our French Friends , as VOTES OF BETWEEN 10% and 20% have already been CONSTANTLY ACHIEVED by us BRITISH DEMOCRATS !
I note with great interest that the French economy is in serious trouble and is struggling to earn enough to pay for the E.U. Politics of the madhouse. On behalf of our Party I predicted this many times. Having been very annoyed at President Hollande being so consistently rude about Britain, I looked into what was known about him. I realised that he was an old fashioned, blinkered LABOUR PARTY TYPE and this was all I needed to know to predict the French economy would be in serious trouble. That and knowing that no Country can AFFORD MASS IMMIGRATION with all it’s awful Social and Economic costs. So, without a degree in economics my prediction of French Economic disaster was based on just one thing , BRITISH DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMMON SENSE!