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The Long View.(humorous reflections on 2002 French Presidential election)(Brief Article)
The Candidates' Diaries
Version francaise
From the diary of Lionel Jospin:
I am a sad clown. Today I discovered the depth of my humiliation. Jean- Marie Le Pen, leader of the proto-fascist movement, has bested me in the national elections. What to do, what to make of the despair I feel? It is as if my lover has found another man and my wife has left me for her lover, and I am left only with my other lover, a woman for whom I no longer feel passion. Such is my misery.
I mourn for La France. I mourn for her many cheeses and varied sauces, for her plotless films and smothering bureaucracy. I mourn her turbot en papillote and her ris de veau saute avec petits pois au beurre and her poulet de Bresse.
And, bien sur, I blame les Americains. They have exported more than le Big Mac and les boy-bands. They have exported le populisme americain, which enables an absurdity such as Le Pen to rise. And I? I am a figure of yesterday. I will sit alone in the corner of Le Petit St-Benoit, sipping vin ordinaire and thinking of my lost lover. And also of La France.
From the diary of Jean-Marie Le Pen:
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 3, 2002 700+ words
...massive protest against Mr. Le Pen. "Yesterday they came out against Jean-Marie Le Pen. By their hundreds of thousands...reaffirm a certain idea of La France, which is not that of the...Figaro. The charismatic Mr. Le Pen said yesterday that rallies...
- Le Pen skilfully stokes the nationalist fire
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ANDREAS WHITTAM SMITH July 1, 1996 700+ words
...unanimously condemned him. M Le Pen made his comments within...extreme right". M. Le Pen objected; he was anxious...left; it was le parti de la France. In fact, the difference...his right of reply, M. Le Pen was engaging in a great...
- Mightier than Le Pen? (Jean-Marie Le Pen and the French Right)
- Magazine article from: National Review Kaplan, Roger July 23, 1990 700+ words
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- Du premier au second tour, la France qui gagne ou qui perd ?
- Newspaper article from: Haiti Observateur St-Gérard, Yves May 2, 2007 700+ words
...premiers. Certes, l'lectoral de J.-M. Le Pen est en net recul puisque siphonn par N...pas favoriser un second tour J.-M. Le Pen contre N. Sarkozy. En ralit, beaucoup...avaient plus besoin de voter J.-M. Le Pen pour une nime fois : je rve libral enrob...
- France's autumn blues; Naming the villains.(La France qui Tombe)(Adieu a la...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 4, 2003 700+ words
...an outpouring of "declinism". One title in particular, "La France qui Tombe" ("France is falling over"), a tirade against...presidential election. Such was the support for Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front leader, that he evicted the Socialist...
- Le Pen victory sparks paris battles.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Marnham, Patrick Adamson, Colin April 22, 2002 700+ words
...of the extreme Right under Jean-Marie Le Pen. Heavily-armed Paris riot police clashed...protesters as 10,000 demonstrated against Le Pen's hardline anti-immigration policies. Protests against Le Pen erupted across the country which has the...
- Le Pen: How did he do it?
- News wire article from: United Press International April 22, 2002 700+ words
...France, Apr 22, 2002 Jean-Marie Le Pen, 73 -- the man who squeaked a bare three...in the second round of election May 5. Le Pen's unexpected second-place showing in...thronging with demonstrations denouncing Le Pen as "Superfacho" (the arch-fascist...
- Future of Le Pen and National Front in the balance as appeal against conviction...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) Bon, Gerard September 29, 1998 700+ words
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the fiery leader of France's far...political future and the fate of his party. Le Pen looked sombre as he arrived in court for...and a suspended three months in prison. Le Pen was found guilty in April of assaulting...
