Le Pen irks French government with Nazi remarks

[kskiska]

PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - France threatened on Wednesday to take legal action against far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen for saying the Nazi occupation of France during World War Two had not been "particularly inhumane."

The government, anti-racism organisations and Jewish groups sharply condemned Le Pen's latest controversial comments, made in an interview with right-wing weekly magazine Rivarol.

"It's not only the European Union and globalisation we have to free our country of. It's also the lies about its history, lies that are protected by exceptional measures," Le Pen said in comments published in Rivarol's Jan. 7 edition.

"In France, at least, the German occupation was not particularly inhumane, although there were some blunders, inevitable in a country of 550,000 sq km."

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France anti-racism laws have made denying the Holocaust a crime, punishable by fines or prison.

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[PittPoliSci]

1. is he still in jail?

cause I know they threw him in there for a little while.

[jakpalmer]

8. Actually he's never been jailed,

at least for that type of remarks. He is also protected by his parliamentary immunity.

One in a while he likes to throw that sort of garbage to the media, just to make sure he's not forgotten.

[KamaAina]

2. I'll bet Bush** is sorry he kept bashing the French

Looks to me like Le Pen would make a fine soulmate for the evil dunce, now that Russia's "Pooty-Poot" has unfortunately developed a mind of his own.

[passy]

3. In the last presidential election 1 in 5 voted for this scumbag.

But then again 4 out of 5 voted for Chirac who is a scumbag in his own right at least he's not a fascist but he is a corrupted swine and a swindler all the same.

[Kemet]

4. Well, no one was mentionning him for a while

So what does this pig usually do when he's out of the spotlight?
You guessed it. And the media is always happy to oblige and turn cameras and microphones towards him... You know it's gonna sell. We should just keep ignoring the bastard. (end rant)

[Lithos]

6. That's the real truth here

Ignore him and he will go away. He's nothing more than a rabble-rouser.

L-

[davidinalameda]

5. does he actually believe this

I can't imagine anyone being in such denial to actually think that the Nazi occupation wasn't that bad

what rock has he and his ilk been hiding under for the last 60 years

[NYC]

7. Blunders?

"In France, at least, the German occupation was not particularly inhumane, although there were some blunders, inevitable in a country of 550,000 sq km."

People were accidentally inhumane?