MESOP NEWS TODAYS Opinions : Le Pen’s defeat is good news for Trump
The leader of the far-right National Front party thanked her 11 million supporters and said that the country had ‘chosen continuity.’ (Reuters)
By Marc A. Thiessen May 8 at 11:50 AM – WASHINGTON POST
The media are framing the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election as a defeat for President Trump and his brand of populist nationalism. The Post reported that “France on Sunday shrugged off the siren call of right-wing populism that enchanted voters in the United States and the United Kingdom” and called the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron “a pointed endorsement of European unity.” Read full text https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/le-pens-defeat-is-good-news-for-trump/2017/05/08/a01c01c4-33f7-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html?utm_term=.64c31d3d1970&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1