- Title: FRANCE: NATIONAL FRONT CAMPAIGNS FOR VOTES AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION.
- Date: 11th May 1997
- Summary: ORANGE, FRANCE (MAY 11, 1997)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: VINEYARDS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ORANGE 0.04 2. GV: VIEW OVER TOWN (2 SHOTS) 0.10 3. GV: SIGNPOST AT EDGE OF TOWN 0.17 4. GV/MV: CAMPAIGN POSTERS FOR NATIONAL FRONT CANDIDATE, MAYOR JACQUES BOMPARD (2 SHOTS) 0.24 5. MCU: NATIONAL FRONT POSTER. INITIALS OF MAJOR PARTIES ABOVE THE SLOGAN: LET'S TAKE THEM OUT 0.28 6. GV/TILT: BELLS RINGING IN TOWN HALL (2 SHOTS) 0.35 7. MCU: JACQUES BOMPARD SPEAKING IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL SAYING FRENCH POLITICIANS INSTEAD OF DEFENDING THE INTERESTS OF THE FRENCH ARE DEFENDING THOSE OF FOREIGNERS. THEY'RE CREATING A COLOSSAL APPEAL TO IMMIGRATION. THEY DISCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRENCH. THEY'RE COMMITTING A CRIME, HIGH TREASON AGAINST THE NATIONAL INTERESTS (FRENCH) 1.03 8. GV: WOMAN AND CHILD FROM NORTH AFRICA WALKING DOWN ROAD 1.08 9. GV/MCU: GRAFFITI ON WALL: BOMPARD IS A FERVENT MEMBER OF THE NSADP (SIC) AND SWASTIKA. BOMPARD AND SWASTIKA PAINTED OVER. (2 SHOTS) 1.14 10. GV: NORTH AFRICAN INHABITANTS OF TOWN 1.16 11. MCU: NORTH AFRICAN YOUTH SAYING WHO ARE THE ONES THAT WORK -IT'S THE IMMIGRANTS (FRENCH) 1.19 12. MCU: ANOTHER SAYING I'VE LIVED HERE 16 YEARS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS JUST RIDICULOUS (FRENCH) 1.25 12. GV/MV: BOMPARD ON TRIP TO LOCAL MARKET SPEAKING TO FAMILY (2 SHOTS) 1.41 VAISON LA ROMAINE, FRANCE (MAY 11, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 13. GV/MV: NORTH AFRICAN CULTURAL MEETING/ ANTI NATIONAL FRONT POSTER (6 SHOTS) 2.05 14. MCU: UNIDENTIFIED ALERTE ORANGE (ANTI-RACIST GROUP) LEADER SAYING THIS IS THE SITUATION FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND IT CREATES HUGE TENSIONS IN THE TOWN. WHOLE AREAS ARE LEFT IN RUIN: GARBAGE ISN'T PICKED UP, THE HOLES IN THE STREETS AREN'T REPAIRED AND SOCIAL CENTRES ARE CLOSED. NECESSARILY IT CREATES HUGE TENSIONS THAT COULD ONE DAY BLOW UP. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE NATIONAL FRONT WANTS. (FRENCH) 2.30 15. GV/MV: NORTH AFRICAN CHILD IN STREET (2 SHOTS) 2.38 Initials s.3 - p.3.2 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 26th May 1997 13:00
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- Location: ORANGE / VAISON LA ROMAINE, FRANCE
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- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA1CB84RCG1IV0NTPY2G4XSVJGF
- Story Text: INTRO: France's extreme-right National Front has been canvassing for votes ahead of the country's upcoming general election.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- The National Front candidate for the town of Orange in the South-west of France on Sunday (May 11) staged a rally in front of the town hall denouncing politicians for encouraging immigration.
Orange Mayor Jaques Bompard, who is standing again for the Orange parliamentary seat, accused France's politicians of high treason for protecting the interests of foreigners.
Local immigrant residents in Orange said they thought Bompard's stance was ludicrous, saying the immigrants are the ones who work.
The National Front is expected to poll 15 percent of the vote on June 1.
One anti-National Front group leader said the Front's campaign was creating huge tensions in the area that could blow up. But that is what the National Front wants, he added.
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