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Bruno Retailleau has only been in his job for a month but already France’s new Minister of the Interior has become the bête noire of the progressive Left. Why do they hate the 63-year-old former senate leader of the centre-right Republicans – where to start?!
As a practising Catholic, Retailleau represents “Old France”, the France that the progressive Left despises. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the far-left La France Insoumise party, has bragged about using mass immigration to build a “new France” (whether the new arrivals will ever share the Left’s views on LGBT rights remains to be seen).
Days after his appointment as Interior Minister, Retailleau appeared on primetime French television. The hysteria was palpable.
Instead of being asked about the country’s immigration and insecurity crises – both out of control –Retailleau was interrogated about his opposition to the gay marriage and adoption bill, which was passed into law a decade ago.
“I have convictions,” explained Bruno Retailleau, surprised and irritated at the question. “We’re replaying the battle of the past, forgetting the urgencies of the present. We’ve got a financial crisis on our doorstep, we’ve got disorder on the streets, disorder in our accounts, disorder on our borders too, and we’re talking about something that doesn’t exist…Where did you hear that Bruno Retailleau would like to revisit this
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As a practising Catholic, Retailleau represents “Old France”, the France that the progressive Left despises. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the far-left La France Insoumise party, has bragged about using mass immigration to build a “new France” (whether the new arrivals will ever share the Left’s views on LGBT rights remains to be seen).
Days after his appointment as Interior Minister, Retailleau appeared on primetime French television. The hysteria was palpable.
Instead of being asked about the country’s immigration and insecurity crises – both out of control –Retailleau was interrogated about his opposition to the gay marriage and adoption bill, which was passed into law a decade ago.
“I have convictions,” explained Bruno Retailleau, surprised and irritated at the question. “We’re replaying the battle of the past, forgetting the urgencies of the present. We’ve got a financial crisis on our doorstep, we’ve got disorder on the streets, disorder in our accounts, disorder on our borders too, and we’re talking about something that doesn’t exist…Where did you hear that Bruno Retailleau would like to revisit this
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The French Left hate their new Interior Minister because he is a man of Catholic convictions - Catholic Herald
Bruno Retailleau has only been in his job for a month but already France’s new Minister of the Interior has become the bête noire of the progressive Left. Why do they hate the 63-year-old former senate leader of the centre-right Republicans – where to start?! As a practising Catholic, Retailleau...
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