What a debacle for President Hollande: The National Front of Marine Le Pen, the first time brought the most votes in an election in France. The leaders of the established parties react stumped on the triumph of right-wing extremists.
“Total removal”, “dramatic collapse”, “single defeat”, “catastrophic disaster”: So shocked responded politicians of France’s mainstream parties, as the surveys reported the clear victory of the Front National (FN) in the European elections. On the side of the extreme right, however unbridled jubilation, champagne and spontaneously struck up “La Marseillaise”
A quarter of the votes went to the account of FN . In Strasbourg, where their elected representatives so far presented a trio , will in future be sitting around the 25 representatives – the extreme right , making them the largest group of French EU parliamentarian. And with half a dozen other European Right , they could even make your own faction – with access to money , items and speaking time.
Party leader Marine Le Pen reveled in historical pathos : ” The sovereign people have spoken , as always in the great moments of history,” the FN boss said during her victory speech in almost präsidialem tone. ” Our nation requires only one policy : from French, for the French, with the French. ” For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic of the FN reached in a statewide ballot in top position: ” This means a redefinition of political life in France ,” beamed Le Pen For them it the traditional supremacy of socialists and conservatives over ” This is the end of the two-party system. ”
European Elections Triumph for Marine Le Pen:A debacle for Holland
Her father Jean Marie Le Pen, party founder and re-elected MEP , did not hide his satisfaction : ” landslide No, earthquake ! ” Triumphed the honorary president of the FN , the case of France called for new elections after the victory at the European vote. His daughter also left no doubt about that attitude. The National Front is now moved up to the ” first party in France”.
” A shock to the world ,” stated Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Exkandidatin and current Minister of the Environment . The disillusionment with the established parties runs deep. Polls had the Le Pen’s party credited a convincing performance . But no one was expecting such a march through the right-wing radicals .
The result is mainly a debacle for President Hollande . Just recently slapped in the municipal elections , the socialists had installed a new prime minister with Manuel Valls . The change at the head of the Cabinet should be dynamic and reforming zeal signal , soothe tax relief the frustration of the left bearing . But instead of the expected “surprise” , the ruling party experienced a tragic failure – the result of around 14 percent is the worst EU vote of the PS . Valls drew a depressing conclusion: ” This is a serious moment for France and Europe , this is a poor result for the majority and the entire left . ”
But even the conservatives of the UMP conceded second place and about 20 percent a ” slap in the face “, as the ” Nouvel Observateur ” wrote. The strongest opposition party, the National Assembly, which took in the local elections by the unpopularity of the Socialist Hollande in most large cities, the city halls, lost a whopping five percent.
Of course, the UMP , the Socialists declared to actual losers against the National Front . But the Conservatives , buffeted in recent weeks of affairs and financial scandals , not benefited from the punishment of the voters against the president . Even the pithy call Expremier Nicolas Sarkozy , three days before the election, was not able to rescue the tarnished image – instead mobilized the general displeasure only the voters of Marine Le Pen
Similarly dismal the performance of the French Open, which reached only about ten percent without the popular top candidate Daniel Cohn- Bendit . And the extreme left ? Situated splinter in groups and factions , they could at best bring their core voters to the polls – not enough to create voices growth in the frustrated masses of the Euro skeptics. Worse : Especially among young people and workers won the FN new voters . Jean -Luc Mélenchon , eloquent tribune of the left ” Front de Gauche ,” said the victory of the right-wing extremists : ” France is facing a volcanic eruption , and it starts with an acid rain. ”
President Hollande , the real losers in the European elections , remained silent . ” For this important event ,” it said in a statement only of the Elysée , ” lessons to be learned ” . On Monday morning the protocol shared with a change in the President’s Agenda : At 8:30 clock the president summoned the prime minister and his key ministers . ” The farm is open. ”
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