Inside Europe | 23.08.2008 | 15:05
Is France’s anti-immigration National Front party selling out to the Chinese?
France’s far-right National Front party has fallen on hard times. For three decades the party has campaigned on an anti-immigration platform under the slogan Keep France for the French.
It’s leader Jean Marie Le Pen shocked France when he reached the run-off in the 2002 presidential election. Since then, though, support has plummeted. As well, it seems, as the party’s financial fortunes. With debts of around €8 million, the National Front is now selling its prestigious headquarters in Paris to raise funds. The buyer – a Chinese university.
Reporter John Laurenson
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