The former president of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen was the guest of Midi News, this Tuesday, April 26 on CNEWS. He was notably invited to give his opinion on the reasons for Marine Le Pen’s setback in the second round of the presidential election.
The father of the candidate considered in this respect that the qualifier “extreme right”, used to describe his daughter Marine Le Pen and the National Rally, played a damaging role (the latter obtained 41.5% of the voice).
Used by political opponents and relayed by many media, the term has, he says, allowed Emmanuel Macron to discredit his opponent. “It’s a technique, we talk about extremes as if they were unacceptable political elements,” said Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Asked about the nuisance strategy voluntarily used by his daughter’s opponents, the former leader of the FN said: “it is obvious that the term “extreme” is pejorative, because it expresses this idea of “extremism”. , that is to say of illegitimate excess”. However, the candidacy of Marine Le Pen has been validated by the Constitutional Council.
“Talking about the extreme right, when there is a movement called the National Rally, that seems indecent and anti-democratic to me,” he said.