Sounds like another divisive douche that was left in the dust.
France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness'
Marine Le Pen, the controversial leader of France's far-right National Front, is scoffing at Canada's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees with open arms, calling it "madness."
"There. I've said it. Madness," she said In an interview with the fifth estate. "There are other ways to do it," she went on, adding that the "danger is real — false passports.
"A real passport given to Islamic fundamentalist in the influx of immigrants to enter the country with the intent to commit terrorist attacks. It's a danger. And that's what happened in Paris," she claimed.
Le Pen — roundly criticized by many in France for what are seen as thinly-veiled racist positions — sat down with the fifth estate's Mark Kelley as part of a special report that airs tonight called "Aftermath: How Paris Changed the World."
Le Pen is currently doing well in French public opinion polls, particularly in two regions in the southeast and the depressed north, where she is vying to be president of the area called Nord-Pas de Calais in regional elections set for early December.
Le Pen and her party appear to have received a boost by voter concerns about security after the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13. But her anti-immigrant stand worries many French voters.
In Calais, where she is running, Le Pen scares people like Hachim Al Jazouli, a Muslim born in France of Moroccan descent and a longtime city resident
"I speak French better than maybe some French people," Al Jazouli said. "I really try to make my country better. But for the Le Pens, it is not enough, because I'm not white."
France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness' - World - CBC News
France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness'
Marine Le Pen, the controversial leader of France's far-right National Front, is scoffing at Canada's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees with open arms, calling it "madness."
"There. I've said it. Madness," she said In an interview with the fifth estate. "There are other ways to do it," she went on, adding that the "danger is real — false passports.
"A real passport given to Islamic fundamentalist in the influx of immigrants to enter the country with the intent to commit terrorist attacks. It's a danger. And that's what happened in Paris," she claimed.
Le Pen — roundly criticized by many in France for what are seen as thinly-veiled racist positions — sat down with the fifth estate's Mark Kelley as part of a special report that airs tonight called "Aftermath: How Paris Changed the World."
Le Pen is currently doing well in French public opinion polls, particularly in two regions in the southeast and the depressed north, where she is vying to be president of the area called Nord-Pas de Calais in regional elections set for early December.
Le Pen and her party appear to have received a boost by voter concerns about security after the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13. But her anti-immigrant stand worries many French voters.
In Calais, where she is running, Le Pen scares people like Hachim Al Jazouli, a Muslim born in France of Moroccan descent and a longtime city resident
"I speak French better than maybe some French people," Al Jazouli said. "I really try to make my country better. But for the Le Pens, it is not enough, because I'm not white."
France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness' - World - CBC News
