Poll: French Have Most Confidence in Marine Le Pen to Tackle Islamist Separatism
As the French government moves to counter Islamist separatism within French society, a poll has shown that French have the most confidence in populist leader Marine Le Pen to tackle the issue, not Emmanuel Macron.
On Thursday, the French parliament unanimously adopted a bill which makes “separatism” an offence under French law as part of President Emmanuel Macron’s push to strengthen republican values in France.
The new bill will implement a fine of up to 75,000 euros and up to five years in prison for anyone caught trying to threaten or intimidate an elected official or anyone in the public service, and if the offence is committed by a foreign national a ban from French territory can also be handed down.
A poll conducted by Ifop revealed that 81 per cent of French people view the bill as important, with centre-right Republicans and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) showing the most support for the measures, CNews reports.
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While it is the government of Presiden tMacron pushing for the measure in the bill, the French leader does not have the most confidence to tackle the issue among the French people, according to the poll.
Populist RN leader Marine Le Pen saw 46 per cent trust her to tackle Islamist separatism, ahead of the French president on 43 per cent. The far-left political leader Jean-Luc Melenchon came is last, with just 22 per cent trusting him to handle the issue.
Le Pen was also the only leader in the poll who showed the same amount of support from those under the age of 35 as with those above 35.
The results of the polling come just days after another poll revealed that Le Pen and Macron were not only neck and neck in the first round of next year’s presidential election but were also nearly tied in a potential second-round run-off vote.
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‘Ultraviolent’ Underage Migrants Causing Havoc in French Prisons
Migrant minors are reportedly causing havoc in French prisons and juvenile detention centres, and some doubt the migrants are the age they claim to be.
For the last several months, the number of brawls, rebellions, and verbal assaults has increased in several French prisons, including an arson incident at the notorious Fleury-Mérogis prison last month.
According to a report from French newspaper Le Figaro, many are blaming the surge in violence on the influx of foreign minors, who represent a large number of detentions in recent months.
The migrants are mainly from West and North Africa, with Moroccan nationals being especially prevalent.
Mathieu Vasseur, a member of the prison guards union, alleged that “Most of them are not minors but adults and this is the main problem.”
Mr Vasseur added that “eight out of ten foreign minors are in fact, adults. Adults that are often well into their twenties.”
“There’s a real physical difference between a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old. Many end up telling us their age but will never write it down and refuse to submit to bone tests,” he said.
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Sébastien Nicolas, national secretary of the Fo-Direction prison directors union, said he was concerned about the migrants’ behaviour towards other inmates, saying some are violent and rape younger inmates.
Last year, the Paris region of Ile-de-France saw at least 6,300 alleged underage migrant arrests in the year to October, with the whole of 2019 seeing 9,134 arrests. Many of the migrants are said to also be addicted to drugs such as benzodiazepine.
Since the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, Europe has taken in at least 210,000 alleged minor migrants. A 2019 report claimed that they cost the French state as much as two billion euros a year.
France is not the only country to see an influx of underage migrant criminals. A September report claimed that in Spain as many as a quarter of those in juvenile detention were migrants from Morocco alone.
Tests Reveal 'Child Migrant', 17, Is Actually 47 Years Old https://t.co/7JsW7MbwPT
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Liberal Elites Bemoan Loss of ‘Cheap Labour’ Au Pairs After Brexit
‘Remoaner’ elites have complained that they will no longer be able to afford their au pairs following Brexit, as immigration laws now mandate that migrants must receive a living wage.
A columnist for the Financial Times, Peter Foster, took to social media to express his “despair” that “Brexit will just continue to retard relations with the EU on a personal/cultural level, it’s inevitable.”
In an article penned for the Europhile newspaper on Friday, Mr Foster noted that prior to the United Kingdom’s departure from the bloc, au pairs “received board and lodging, a contribution towards English language classes and £100 a week ‘pocket money’ in exchange for about 25 hours of childcare per week.”
However, under Britain’s new points-based immigration system, au pairs, alongside nannies and childcare workers, are classified under the “skilled workers” provision and therefore are required to earn a minimum salary of £20,480 per year.
The head of the British Au Pair Agencies Association (BAPAA), Jamie Shackell, said that paying a living wage to au pairs would destroy the programme, saying: “It is inappropriate to categorise au pairs as skilled workers as they have no formal childcare qualifications — they don’t belong in that bracket.”
The complaints were lambasted by former Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney, who wrote on social media: “Remainers bleating they will have to pay their au pairs fair wages after Brexit — as opposed to ‘pocket money’ [and] lodgings — is a brilliant example of how out-of-touch they are with reality.”
“Honestly, for years on TV, I used to half-joke it was about ‘cheap au-pairs’ for metropolitan Remainers. My opponents would scoff at me. Turns out I was right all along. Pay fair wages for child care like the rest of us had to!”
“This shows it was always about cheap EU labour [and] self-interest,” he added.
Honestly, for years on TV I used to half-joke it was about “cheap au-pairs” for metropolitan Remainers. My opponents would scoff at me. Turns out I was right all along. Pay fair wages for child care like the rest of us had to!
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) February 6, 2021
One of the people interviewed for the FT article, Oli Long, a London-based NHS consultant doctor who is married to another consultant, said of the au pair programme: “We honestly couldn’t manage without them.”
“We both have senior positions and sometimes we unavoidably get stuck at work, and when that happens we know someone is there who can put the girls to bed. Leave aside the cost — a daytime nanny or childminder doesn’t work for that,” he said.
Another NHS physician, Dr Natasha McCullagh wrote in The Telegraph in January that “without an au pair, our house would fall apart.”
“Having an au pair is like oxygen – it allows us to breathe. We no longer spend time clock-watching at work or frantically WhatsApping our colleagues if a childminder has pulled out last minute,” she wrote.
Dr McCullagh again highlighted the cost savings of the programme, saying: “It’s also one of the cheapest forms of childcare. An au pair has a fixed weekly fee of just £100, which is significantly less than any other childcare, where you’d pay by the hour.”
An experienced consultant doctor working for the NHS enjoys a salary of well-over £100,000, according to basic pay scales listed by the British Medical Association (BMA).
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The class divide in the fight over Brexit has been longstanding. It was perhaps best typified in 2016 when millionaire pop star Bob Geldof confronted a flotilla of pro-Brexit fishermen on his yacht.
One of those on Mr Geldof’s yacht, Bethany Pickering, expressed her discomfort after realising that in promoting her supposedly left-wing cause, she was siding with the millionaire elite over the working class.
“On a boat with Bob Geldof and its awful. I may vote Remain, but don’t support jeering at fisherman worried about their livelihoods,” she wrote.
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