Jean-Marie Le Pen

parties are pushing link the two as well, however that remains so in most parties that consider themselves far-right. All of these factors that compare the similarities and differences in the two parties are the reasons why they have been successful, each in their own way but in recent elections, in a mainly similar way. The background of the French far-right party, Front National (FN), dates back to the 1970’s; whereas the United Kingdom’s party, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) only got started in 1991. (Shields p.169)(Ford & Goodwin p.21) This is significant because there has been a major change in policy prioritization and platform for the FN, while UKIP has been mostly consistent throughout their duration. Founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen, the FN originally started against communism which is a very different birthplace than starting out against immigration and the EU, which they did eventually shift to. (Declair p.38) Founded by Alan Sked, UKIP originated as a single-issue party; being Eurosceptic or wanting to leave the EU since the signing of the Maastricht treaty. (Ford & Goodwin p.21) These differences in background may not seem important anymore because their platforms are so similar now, but the details of the differences in the parties are linked back to these roots. Early on for both parties, success in elections was non-existent. For example, the FN didn’t win any seats in either national, regional, or local elections for over its first 10 years.…

the Bayou Teche, the water highway of over 100 miles has been an essential part of the settlement and commercial development of St. Martinville. The word “teche” may be derived from the Chitimacha word for “snake”, and some say the Great River will one day avenge the serpent. The term recalls the pre-colonial history of the land, where near present-day city limits there was an Attakapas Indian settlement. When the first census of the then Attakapas district was taken in 1766 there were already…

p.66) He came in and implemented a number of new policies that for the most part remain the platform today 10 years later; that of being anti-immigration, having socially conservative policies, tax cuts, and even climate change denial. (Ford & Goodwin p. 77) The goal of this was to open the party to accepting more people that had recently become disenchanted by David Cameron’s socially liberal policies, leading to him calling them, “fruitcakes, lunies, and closet racists.” (The Guardian) He…

The simple, short answer is: political incorrectness. His team of supporters was evident—if it was possible for seventeen percent of the French electorate to select Le Pen on a ballot, why would the Dutch electorate prove to be different? The actual question is why the Netherlands never witnessed a politician quite like Fortuyn before. After all, Fortuyn's faithful candidates transformed into an unprecedented political party that Fortuyn named the Pim Fortuyn List. They all share common…

which Americans responded to (or failed to respond to) in various ways, is to introduce an anachronism that stands in the way of understanding contemporary responses. The sheer number of victims of the Holocaust continues to inspire awe: between five and six million. But the Holocaust took place — we know this, of course, but we don't often think of its implications — in the midst of a global war that eventually killed between fifty and sixty million people. There are those for whom any…

diversity are threatening national culture. In France exists party National Front (Front National) which is one of the largest and most influential right-wing parties in France and in Europe in general. It was founded in 1972 by former paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen on the model of the Italian MSI. The purpose of the party is to stop immigrants from non-European countries, to dissolve the European Union to toughen criminal penalties, and so on . One of the wings of the party are Catholic…

(Economics Help). Which further highlights the fact that producers may face higher incomes in the short run. Further on, farmers will have to pay their fixed costs, such as labour costs or the rent of land, despite not receiving any income during these three months. In evaluation, sunk costs for this industry are not very big as no expensive machinery is required to produce foie gras. Also, in the long run there are no fixed costs because there is sufficient time for all costs to become…

agreed to accept 24000 refugees in two years. (video) While France had maintained a lax restriction on immigration in the 1900s after the major wars, in the early 1970s, the aggravating economic crisis brought relatively restrictive policies on immigration. In 1990, the left wing government adopted extreme restrictive policy of “zero immigration policy”. (Focus Migration article) Since the adoption of “Pasqua Laws” prohibiting foreign graduates from accepting employment, the number of…