Marine Le Pen Speaks to Russia Today

In this 10-minute interview with Russia Today, from May 2011, Marine Le Pen answers questions on many pertinent topics. Her final comments touching on Israel, America and the desirability of an alliance with Russia are arguable (I am not getting into those issues now), and her desire to amend the Constitution to outlaw "communities" (meaning ethnic communities who live by their own law) is the republican principle according to which all are "citizens", blood and ethnicity being suppressed as identity factors. But forcing foreigners to behave as Frenchmen may not work, and repatriation may become necessary. Furthermore, if she outlaws ethnic communitarianism, she may have to outlaw regional loyalties as well. The Bretons, the Normans, the Burgundians, the Alsatians, etc... are in a way ethnic communities who are compatible with each other if not with Paris. Despite her weak points, on the whole her opinions and positions are a breath of fresh air, compared to the stiflingly controlled discourse we normally hear from French politicians.

The main defect with the video is the unpleasant voice of the translator. But at least it gives English-language viewers a chance to become acquainted with her and possibly to realize that she is not the ogre some would have her be. She is, right now, the only sane voice in France.