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Old 21-01-2018, 01:50 PM #4
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Originally Posted by Riley. View Post
Yeah he is definitely putting his own career / relationship with the EU & Germany ahead of France. But why then, when he ran a campaign on a pro-EU stance, and won a majority, would the French people think this? They had their chance with Marie Le Pen, and rightly didn't want a fascist running the country. So yeah, you don't always get what you want.
Well its complicated isn't it because you might want the chance of a referendum without having a fascist party in power. They don't have to go hand in hand. So I'm not sure the French people can be viewed to have said no to a referendum.
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