Perhaps the biggest boost to the LePenization of French politics came from Nicolas Sarkozy. As president of France between 2007 and 2012, he actively courted FN voters and helped dismantle the 'Republican pact,' under which the two main parties had pledged to work together to defeat the FN at a national and local level.
タグ: defeat, together, politics, work

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As a supporter of secularism, I am willing to accept same-sex weddings in a state-sanctioned register office, on grounds of equity. As a believer in Islam, however, I insist that no mosque be forced to hold one against its wishes.
タグ: accept, mosque, islam, i-am
Scepticism may be evidence of a healthy and independent mindset; but conspiracism is a virus that feeds off insecurity and bitterness.
タグ: mindset, virus, bitterness, insecurity
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom are they responsible? How do we, the public, the recipients of welfare, punish them if they make mistakes or become corrupt?
タグ: how, welfare, mistakes, faith
Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.
タグ: representation, british
I am a believing and practising Muslim - but I am also a social democrat.
タグ: believing, social, muslim, i-am
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