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French politician who switched from conservative to far-right party, shocked at xenophobia and
homophobia displayed at their meetings.
A French politician who left Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party for the far-right Front National (FN) has backtracked claiming he was shocked to see candidates sporting swastika tattoos at party meetings.
"It shocked me that at FN's meetings one can still hear xenophobic and homophobic ideas and remarks."
Cléré said he realised the party had not changed upon seeing Nazi symbols tattooed on the arms of several FN candidates at a meeting in the northern city of Hénin-Beaumont, ahead of local elections in October.
"That shocked me," Cléré said. "Listening to Marine Le Pen I thought that these kind of people no longer had a place in FN but unfortunately I saw them with my own eyes."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/524933/20131125/front-national-fn-nazi-swastika-arnaud-clere.htm
"It shocked me that at FN's meetings one can still hear xenophobic and homophobic ideas and remarks."
Cléré said he realised the party had not changed upon seeing Nazi symbols tattooed on the arms of several FN candidates at a meeting in the northern city of Hénin-Beaumont, ahead of local elections in October.
"That shocked me," Cléré said. "Listening to Marine Le Pen I thought that these kind of people no longer had a place in FN but unfortunately I saw them with my own eyes."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/524933/20131125/front-national-fn-nazi-swastika-arnaud-clere.htm
Doesn't say much for this guy if he did not already realize the nature of the French National Front, but at least he bailed when he saw it first hand.