The Possibility of a Win for Marine Le Pen in France Has EU Worried
One week from tomorrow the presidential election in France will be
decided. Polls put the race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron
in a statistical dead heat, and combined with the recent Hungary
election outcome – that has many bureaucrats in the EU very twitchy.
No doubt this race would have major ramifications if Marine Le Pen
could end up victorious. Factually, the Western alliance military
operation in Ukraine could fundamentally change. A post-COVID shift
toward increased nationalism in France and the European Union would be
very problematic for the forward plans of the professional political
class and corporate globalists.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
– […] If Macron falters in France’s April 24 presidential runoff
between the two, the far-right could be at the helm of the European
Union, an abhorrent idea to most leaders in the bloc.
Experts
say a win for Le Pen would have immense repercussions on the
functioning of the EU. Not only would her coming to power damage the
democratic values and commercial rules of the bloc, but it would also
threaten the EU’s common front and sanctions in response to Russia’s war
in Ukraine.
[…] France has always stood at the
heart of the EU — a founding member that has partnered with neighbor and
historical rival Germany to turn the bloc into an economic giant and an
icon of Western values. … [Le Pen] has proposed removing taxes on
hundreds of goods and wants to reduce taxes on fuel — which would go
against the EU’s free market rules and efforts to fight climate change.
[…] Jean-Claude Piris, who served as
a legal counsel to the European Council, said a victory for Le Pen
would have the effect of an “earthquake.”
“She
is in favor of a form of economic patriotism with state aids, which is
contrary to the rules of the single market,” Piris told The Associated
Press.
“She
wants to modify the French constitution by giving preference to the
French, by suppressing the right of the soil, the right of asylum,”
which would be “totally incompatible with the values of the European
treaties,” Piris added. (read more)
There isn’t a ‘splodey head detonation meter big enough to record the sound of the EU eruption if Marine Le Pen stands victorious next Sunday.
