re: #169 Gus

Nope. Hollande barely got started (2012). But voters are a fickle lot throughout the world. Not that Hollande is some far-left extremist. Going for far-right candidates is rather disturbing. Also a good indicator of the far-right in Europe since people are rambling on about the far-right in Ukraine. It’s a unique part of most of Europe.

So the French don’t learn from history, either? Marine Le Pen admires Putin, who encourages relationships with right wing parties in Europe. Le Pen has famously stated that “Russia has been unfairly demonized”.

“In France, the extreme right’s shifting allegiances are even more pronounced, exemplified in its budding friendship with the new Russia. In a 2011 interview, Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front, conveyed her admiration for Putin, before announcing that, if she were elected President in 2012, France would leave NATO and seek a trilateral alliance with Germany and Russia.”

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