CRIF, French Jewish umbrella organization welcomes defeat of Le Pen party in second round of regional elections

CRIF welcomed the results of Sunday's run-off regional elections in France in which the far-right National Front failed to win the presidency in any region.

Published on the World Jewish Congress Website December 14, 2015

The Jewish umbrella organization CRIF had called on voters to block the party after it won the first round and became the strongest party in six of the country’s 13 regions.

"CRIF hails the citizens' reaction, which prevented the regions from falling to the National Front," the organization - which is the French affiliate of the World Jewish Congress - said in a statement.

The umbrella body also urged the government and the French political class to use the strong mobilization of voters in defense of what it called 'the values of the Republic' to address the causes for the strong showing of the extreme-right in France... Read more.

Source : http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/french-jewish-organization-welcomes-defeat-of-le-pen-party-in-second-round-of-regional-elections-12-1-2015