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Florian Philippot: "Do not expect half measures from me"

 


France Soir 

25th October

The leader of the anti-Health Pass movement, Florian Philippot, officially launched his presidential campaign this Sunday, 24th October in Aubervilliers. "Do not count on me to do things by halves. For that, you have all the other candidates," began the man who represented the undemonisation (dédiabolisation) of the National Front.

"France must be liberated from those who run it or rather who mistreat it. France is ruled by an oligarchy that wants the country's death. This oligarchy, let's be clear, incorporates big finance, big lobbies, especially pharmaceuticals. It brings together Big Tech (the "Gafam"), the European Union and all of the supranational structures. To this must be added, of course, like a rotten icing on the cake, Macron and his clique who have led the state astray, even more than their sinister predecessors."

For more than an hour, the leader of Les Patriotes outlined his program, starting with a broad health component. Unsurprisingly, he promised to ban the health pass and to "restore to their posts tens of thousands of firefighters, nurses, gendarmes, soldiers and so many others that have been suspended. And a general amnesty will be pronounced for all doctors persecuted by the National Order of Physicians or the Courts." 

To the cheers of the 1,000 to 1,500 supporters present, the leader of Les Patriotes pledged to make lockdowns unconstitutional and to end the systematic wearing of masks. "It has become a class symbol. The mask is for beggars and servants, not for the lords. We will also remove the mask for all children."

Believing that it was necessary to reconnect with the French conception of medicine, "that is, doctors and community-based care", Florian Philippot announced that he would guarantee
doctors' total freedom of prescription.

Finally, he spoke in favor of the abolition of the ARS (Regional Health Authorities), the suspension of France's participation in the WHO (World Health Organization), as well as the dissolution of the Council. National Order of Physicians which "has seriously discredited itself in this Covid crisis."

The former deputy of the Front National then detailed at length his plan to leave the European Union and the Euro. But also of the European Convention on Human Rights "which imposes on us the same family reunification [as in the EU] and obliges us to keep on our soil people who do not like France."

Again, to limit migratory flows, Florian Philippot believes that France must stop engaging "in wars which fracture entire regions of the world and which throw millions of migrants into flight". "I am thinking for example of the criminal war in Libya by Bernard-Henri Lévy and Nicolas Sarkozy. I am thinking of the evil game we are playing with the United States and with NATO in the Middle East." As a logical consequence, he calls on leaving NATO instantly, while counting on the doubling of the National Defense
budget over five years.

On the constitutional level, it is a genuine revolution that Florian Philippot promises, starting with the establishment of the RIC (Citizen's Initiative Referendum), one of the main demands of the Yellow Vests. As for the Constitutional Council, "it will be replaced by an assembly of citizens drawn by lot and helped by constitutional experts".

Considering also that the Parliament engaged in a serious treason in 2008, with its vote on the Treaty of Lisbon, the former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen would deprive Parliament of the power to modify the Constitution, "returning it to the people, by way of compulsory referendum". "As President, I will bring forth frequent referendums on major issues of concern to the nation." He also explained that he would reduce the number of regional advisers and parliamentarians, which now numbers 925 (577 deputies and 348 senators).

On the security side, finally, Florian Philippot attacked both petty delinquency - by calling for the automatic serving of sentences - and high-level delinquency. "The tax dodgers will no longer have a quiet time, he warned. They loot the country, they steal from our pockets, from the pockets of the working class and the middle classes to the tune of tens of billions of euros that we could put into schools, health & safety, and the protection of the most vulnerable." 

 


 

Source: https://www.francesoir.fr/politique-france/florian-philippot-ne-comptez-pas-sur-moi-pour-faire-dans-la-demi-mesure

Translation: David Montoute


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