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France's Le Pen Wins Votes By Bringing Up Taboo Topics.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
Byline: BRIAN MITCHELL
Europe, it's been said, is fast becoming a continent of "old people in old houses with old ideas."
The data are there on the people, and no one would argue about the houses. But whose ideas are really old is a source of dispute.
Presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen has "une certaine idee de la France." The words are Charles De Gaulle's, but the idea's the same: France is for the French -- people who are born French, speak French, drink French wine and sing "La Marseillaise" with gusto.
The French left has a different idea of France, closer to Karl Popper's "open society."
Its France isn't defined by language, history, culture, race or religion. Instead, it's dedicated to social justice and open to all.
Both ideas date from the mid-20th century. The "open society" was Popper's answer to Nazi Germany. De Gaulle's "certaine idee" was meant to help France find its place in postwar Europe.
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