Saturday, June 18, 2016

Yahoo: Boosted by Brexit, Le Pen fires up Europe's far-right - What was once common sense, the media now calls 'far-right.' --tma





Voesendorf (Austria) (AFP) - The beer flowed and the oompah music boomed in Vienna Friday as France's Marine Le Pen, boosted by the prospect of a "Brexit", fired up a far-right rally of European far-right "patriots" in Austria.
The elites of Europe "are scared that the United Kingdom is regaining its liberty, its freedom to trade with whom it pleases," the National Front leader told a flag-waving crowd of some 2,000 people.
Introduced to cheers as "France's next president", she said: "We want all the peoples of Europe to take back these liberties. The will of the people has to be respected."
Calling Europe's immigration policies "crazy", she called on the British "not to be swayed by the speeches of fear" on May 23 from the likes of EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. ...