French Jihad and the Teen Factor

While public attention concentrated on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and heating up every passing day situation in the Middle East, election race in France is gaining momentum already. The upcoming French presidential elections in April 2017 can dramatically change the political future not only of the Fifth Republic but also throughout Europe. The end of the last year was rich for France on inner political events. Nicolas Sarkozy had been elected leader of the largest opposition party in France and Marine Le Pen according to recent public opinion polls became the leader of the presidential race for now. Incumbent president Francois Hollande has shown himself incompetent in conducting the foreign policy course as well as in solving a number of major domestic problems. Hi intention to recognize Palestine as an independent state would only encourage Islamists to strengthen their hostile actions in the region and one must be either “blind” Socialist or radical Muslim to support such claims. Next issue is Mistral-class ships that are supposed to be supplied to Russia. It seems Western democracies should maintain a consistent course in relations with Russia but now it looks like Mr. Hollande decided that France should go hand to hand with the state which economy is in the verge of collapse because of its imperial ambitions. Or is it all part of the “world proletariat - unite” Socialist program? Refusal of shale gas production on the background of the oil crisis compels to think seriously about the ability of left-wing politicians to act reasonably. Right now it looks like they are guided by works of Marx and Engels that are not only obsolete in modern political realities but are absolutely utopian. That is just what could be expected from the Socialists. It is also worth mentioning that president Hollande was one of the strongest backers of the bill to legalize same-sex marriages and providing right of adoption to same-sex partners. This law was adopted even despite probably most of French were strongly disagree with its provisions. And again, empowerment of sexual minorities was one of the key points of the election program of the French Socialists. In addition in France it’s probably become a tradition that love affairs or spicy past of their Socialist president becomes public from time to time. Details of the private life of Francois Hollande fall into press regularly making head of the state the main character of numerous scandal sheets worldwide. Holland has become the most unpopular president of France for the first 100 days in office showing th obvious fact – even despite he won elections nobody could even consider how inefficient he will be in the president’s chair with his Socialist views on how things should be done in the state. In February 2013 Hollande’s popularity rating was 30% making him the most unpopular president of France since 1981, and in November this rating was only 20% making him now the least popular and the least respected president of the Fifth Republic in history. So-called “National Front” with its eccentric leader Ms. Le Pen mentioning itself as an alternative to Hollande. Asserting itself as extreme conservatives National Front and Marine Le Pen particularly use the growing support of far-right ideas in French society – that is the way how the Front is gaining new supporters and votes. But the reality is significantly different from those proclamations that declare the participants of National Front at their congresses and press-conferences. Lots of adequate Europeans are outraged by Francois Hollande’s politics but under the guise of national-patriotism in the face of Marine Le Pen hides the authoritarian Eurasianist that receiving financial support directly from Russia. Ms. Le Pen doesn’t even hide her strong Pro-Putin stance and she has repeatedly made it clear that on her opinion Moscow ins the only partner to France. She for example recognized the legitimacy of the illegal occupation of the Crimea and moreover as the leader of the National Front she blames European Union for the Ukrainian crisis and Russian invasion. “Referendum on secession from the European Union” – with this slogan Marine Le Pen started the presidential race. Anti-European position of the National Front shows clearly that we see just the “Fifth column of the Comintern” under new guise. It should be noted that real patriotic and nationalist ultra-right organizations in France strongly criticize the politics dictated by the demagogues of the National Front and also accuse the latter of the betraying of national interests of France. And recently the hypocrisy of this Front has become even more obvious – there was proved the existence of strong gay lobby in this party that prevented National Front from participation in demonstrations against same-sex marriages. French tabloid “Closer” arranged coming out for the “second man in National Front” Florian Philippot by publishing his private photos with some other man. In the same way few months ago was exposed another leading member of the Front Steeve Briois. The only possible healthy alternative for France to stay on the European way of development and progress is her ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy with his center-right views on the state and its life. Sarkozy has been re-elected as the leader of the largest opposition party “Union for a Popular Movement”. According to a preliminary data by the head of the supervisory body of the party Anne Levarde, 64,5% of UPM supporters ready to vote for Sarkozy in the presidential elections. Having failed to get re-elected to the position of the head of the state in May 2012 Sarkozy announced his retirement from politics but after a little over two years he decided to return. With taking again the post of the head of UPM Sarkozy intends to completely rebuild the party turning it into broad and modern political association. During the election campaign he actively criticized the actions of the current French President Francois Hollande and he also said that he believes in possibility of partial revision of the acclaimed law on same-sex marriage in order to prohibit the use of assisted reproductive technologies and surrogate motherhood which will give him opportunity to enlist the support of the numerous opponents of the LGBT movement. It’s impossible to disregard the transition of the founder of homosexual wing of UPM GayLib Sebastien Chenu, openly gay himself, to National Front. We are facing significant change in the French domestic political scene – a shift of center-right closer to the right wing. And National Front is increasingly proving to be left orientated. Summing up, it must be said that in the current political situation in France there are no alternatives to Nicolas Sarkozy – the other way is to fall under the authority of the Russian puppet Le Pen and her Eurasian party “National Front” that will make discord around EU and would undermine the interests of the West in the entire North Atlantic area. Nicolas Sarkozy certainly cannot be called an ideal candidate, but now there is a question of the preservation of France as an integral part of the Western world and that is much more important that any minor flaws of his as politician. We must remember that due to the Pro-Atlanticist vector of the foreign policy France has returned to NATO’s military structure that it left in 1966. Right conservative by conviction, Sarkozy favors tax and social spending cuts and he is also strong supporter of European integration. France now is at an important historical stage, its internal problems including numerous non-European immigrants, often illegal, from Africa and Middle East that will require reasonable and flexible policy from new president, probably unpopular among leftists but urgent decisions and above all commitment to the European course of development together with decisive actions. And without a doubt the only suitable candidate is Nicolas Sarkozy. We should remain optimistic that the French will make the right choice by not allowing the foreign agents to clean up the power in their hands and that France will remain one of the most important states of the European Union, while maintaining a commitment to Western values. - See more at: http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_307_36843.php#sthash.3Km7QA1k.dpuf