In this fourth episode, Marylou Magal, journalist in the Political department of L’Express, and Hugues Tertrais, historian and former president of the French Overseas History Society, help us decipher the strategy of the National Rally to establish itself in Overseas.
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Charlotte Baris: “The demonstrators also see the dock dues as a colonial survival, and they would like it to be abolished.” This sentence, uttered during weekly current affairs sessions in the government, comes from the ranks of the RN, more precisely from Yoann Gillet, National Rally deputy for Gard.
Being interested in the purchasing power of the French, as we know, is one of the strategies of the far-right party. But, note that we are talking about Martinique here. One of the poorest departments in France, in tension for two months because of the high cost of living. An increase in prices which is linked to a tax on products imported into the five overseas departments and regions. But behind the cry of alarm from the RN deputy, there is a more global strategy at play…
To go further:
New Caledonia, story of thirty months of spiraling: misunderstandings, betrayals and appointments
Illegal immigration: why the measures promised by the RN are inapplicable
“Prisons out of control”: the impasses of the RN justice program