Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief (www.france24.com)

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Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over the government after snap parliamentary elections starting Sunday, June 30.

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[-] CaptainKickass@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

That nutjob shouldn't be allowed to own a slingshot, let alone command a military.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net -3 points 2 days ago

Would you rather some unelected general has the final say?

[-] CaptainKickass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

A trained, tested military man instead of a reactionary, hateful, nationalist?

Hell yeah I would

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Well, what you will get is a "reactionary, hateful, nationalist" that is in addition unelected and largely unaccountable. Have fun with the inevitable military coup.

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