French premier Manuel Valls warned on Sunday that the National Front party is at the \u201cgates of power.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn France, the extreme right of Marine Le Pen is at the gates of power,\u201d Valls said. \u201cAnd I, as a man of the left, will never be able to resign myself to that because it will be the weakest who will be the first to suffer. And it will also be a terrible, perhaps fatal, blow to Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
France\u2019s National Front, known for its anti-immigrant and anti-EU rhetoric, achieved unprecedented results in the latest EU polls, claiming nearly 25 percent of the votes and winning the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur people demand one type of politics: they want politics by the French, for the French, with the French. They don\u2019t want to be led anymore from outside, to submit to laws.\u201d <\/p>\n
Speaking to French media, the head of France\u2019s right-wing National Front likened the recent reshuffle of Prime Minister Manuel Valls\u2019 cabinet to an \u201cillusionist performance,\u201d calling it a \u201ccircus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Le Pen suggested that French President Francois Hollande should dissolve the National Assembly, France\u2019s lower house of parliament. She added that it was \u201cmore than necessary\u201d and \u201cthe only responsible decision\u201d Hollande would make since he became head of state five years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrancois Hollande tries to save time, but the damage is too deep,\u201d Le Pen argued.<\/p>\n
In August, Hollande asked Valls to form a new government following tensions within his cabinet over the country\u2019s economic policy.<\/p>\n
The decision came after strong criticism of the country\u2019s economic direction \u2013 which the outgoing economy minister, Arnaud Montebourg, voiced as he called for a \u201cmajor shift.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: RT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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