PARIS, June 29 — France’s far-right National Rally (RN) faced new accusations of racism yesterday two days before a high-stakes parliamentary election, with a senior MP...
This photograph shows a campaign poster of the French far-right Rassemblement National party for the upcoming French legislative elections in Callac, western France June 27, 2024. — AFP picPARIS, June 29 — France’s far-right National Rally faced new accusations of racism yesterday two days before a high-stakes parliamentary election, with a senior MP declaring that a former education minister of Moroccan descent should never have got the job because of her origins.
He argued that cabinet posts should be held by “Franco-French” politicians, referring to people born in France to French parents.The latest RN remarks about dual nationals have caused outrage in the run-up to the first round of the National Assembly vote tomorrow. The younger Le Pen’s strategy of detoxifying the party’s image by purging members accused of anti-Semitism and appointing the telegenic 28-year-old Bardella party leader has been highly successful in expanding its voter base.
Far-Right Battles New Racism Allegations Ahead Of Vote
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