Racism, anti-Semitism: the normalization of Marine Le Pen's RN to the test of the regional ones
THE National rally in Hauts-de-France to support the candidacy of Sébastien Chenu, May 15, 2021. AFP - DENIS CHARLET
Text by: Anne Soetemondt Follow
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According to the polls, the National Rally could come out on top in several French regions.
Marine Le Pen's party withdrew the nomination from several candidates who had made racist or anti-Semitic remarks.
What to question the normalization of the party claimed by the presidential candidate.
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Juliette Planche, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, suspended for having relayed negationist remarks.
Danièle Delavaud, in Corrèze, divested after Islamophobic formulas.
Or Geneviève Veslin, in Creuse, struck off the departmental list for anti-Semitic publications on social networks.
In recent weeks, the RN has had to withdraw the nomination from several of its candidates.
How ?
Difficult to say, because the RN does not advertise it.
And for good reason: for ten years that she has been at its head, Marine Le Pen has been working to normalize the party.
In search of demonization, she went so far as to exclude her own father and former president of the movement, Jean-Marie Le Pen, for his repeated comments on the Shoah.
Embarrassing collaborators
Asked at the beginning of June on the profile of the candidates who had withdrawn from the regional and departmental regions, Marine Le Pen replied: "
Black sheep, they are everywhere
", before recalling that the RN asks each of the contenders for the nomination for an extract criminal record.
Insufficient.
Several candidates convicted of domestic violence or sexual assault on minors are present on the lists.
Without counting some annoying profiles in the entourage of the candidates.
Like the former identity Philippe Vardon, currently the campaign co-director of the RN candidate in Paca Thierry Mariani.
A profile that opponents of the RN have regularly recalled during the campaign.
In addition, according to the Politico site, the head of the RN list in Hauts-de-France, Sébastien Chenu has employed as community manager the ex-spokesperson for Génération identitaire (GI), a small ultra-right group today. 'hui dissolved.
Two head of the RN list from the right and supposed to embody standardization.
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