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POPSDebating the Color of Europe: Point-Counterpoint between Marine Le Pen and Tariq Ramadan What people fail to appreciate is that Europe was never as pure as we imagine it. Western culture developed in tandem with Eastern culture, not separately. Most European ethnicities originally came from Central Asian populations. The process of redefinition and cultural influence has been going on in Europe for centuries. Short-sighted people like Le Pen are not just foolish for wanting to stop it, but for even thinking they can. A culture cannot isolate itself from the world. This was true during the Medieval Crusades, and it is even more true today. Immigration is the fundamental nature of man. Isolation is the basic reaction of the ignorant and fearful. Of course, Europe has never been bashful about imposing its culture over local cultures around the world. Could the immigration debate be a vestigial reflex of imperialism?
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POPSTime: National Front drawing immigrant support The only evidence Time has to support this claim: A National Front politician who is of Algerian descent and an informant named "Habiba" who says ethnic minorities in her neighborhood are voting for Le Pen (the leader of the National Front). I am not an expert on France, but I do know that Le Pen is an out-and-out racist, and I am extremely skeptical that he attracts a significant proportion of French ethnic minorities.
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POPSInquiétude au QG de Sarkozy : "On tourne en rond" C'est un ministre UMP qui confie, sidéré : "Ma fille de vingt ans va voter Bayrou." Un conseiller de Nicolas Sarkozy qui lâche : "Pourvu que Ségolène Royal tienne." Un député du parti majoritaire qui s'alarme : "En appelant à donner des parrainages à Le Pen nous allons transformer le second tour en un référendum contre nous." Depuis deux semaines, l'atmosphère autour de Nicolas Sarkozy est devenue plus opaque, plus angoissée. Philippe Ridet
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POPSClaims Of Le Pen Allying w/ Muslims Are False Le Pen is leader of the far-right French political party Front National. He is both anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic. Doug Ireland says that the New York Sun's claims of Le Pen allying with Muslims (presumably against Jews) are bunk. "'Claiming that Le Pen could get 'many' Muslim votes, as the Sun does, is equivalent to having pretended that George Wallace could get a lot of black votes in Harlem,' sneers a friend at Radio France..."
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