Jerome Riviere
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Thank you for having me. It's a real pleasure to be able to discuss what's going on in France and to give you a foreign perspective on How lucky you are in the United States to have a Trump administration. I believe that this is something amazing that's going on in the States. And with quite a few people, people that believe in nations in Europe, this is what we have been working towards.
Thank you for having me. It's a real pleasure to be able to discuss what's going on in France and to give you a foreign perspective on How lucky you are in the United States to have a Trump administration. I believe that this is something amazing that's going on in the States. And with quite a few people, people that believe in nations in Europe, this is what we have been working towards.
And we have been shaken, but was decided a couple of days ago when Marine Le Pen, who is the champion for this type of policies, has been banned from running in the next presidential election.
And we have been shaken, but was decided a couple of days ago when Marine Le Pen, who is the champion for this type of policies, has been banned from running in the next presidential election.
He's a great guy. He's very independent.
He's a great guy. He's very independent.
I think this is what the majority of the people are thinking, is that we feel bad because nations are disappearing. And this is quite visible in Europe because of the European Union. In fact, you have some kind of supranational organization, which is the European Union, that is slowly sucking up all the powers of nations. It began with trades.
I think this is what the majority of the people are thinking, is that we feel bad because nations are disappearing. And this is quite visible in Europe because of the European Union. In fact, you have some kind of supranational organization, which is the European Union, that is slowly sucking up all the powers of nations. It began with trades.
It followed with, during the pandemic, they decided they would take over health. Now they are trying to take over defense. All those powers belong to nations. And when the European Union was first imagined, the idea was to build a free market, not to build some kind of superpower.
It followed with, during the pandemic, they decided they would take over health. Now they are trying to take over defense. All those powers belong to nations. And when the European Union was first imagined, the idea was to build a free market, not to build some kind of superpower.
And we feel, at least the people I was working with, National Rally and other political groups, feel that we have to reestablish nations. Because in fact, when you said that it's the end of the American empire, it was not the American empire. It was a globalization, a global power. It had nothing to do with America. It is the idea that a few people, a few establishments,
And we feel, at least the people I was working with, National Rally and other political groups, feel that we have to reestablish nations. Because in fact, when you said that it's the end of the American empire, it was not the American empire. It was a globalization, a global power. It had nothing to do with America. It is the idea that a few people, a few establishments,
could control rules takes an advantage of whatever was best in whichever country and impose it on a lot of other countries it went through the united states because the us is the largest of all those nations but we have to take our nations back and talk from nations to nations and not obey by by the demands of larger powers
could control rules takes an advantage of whatever was best in whichever country and impose it on a lot of other countries it went through the united states because the us is the largest of all those nations but we have to take our nations back and talk from nations to nations and not obey by by the demands of larger powers
I strongly believe this is a financialization of capitalism that made all this happen. Capitalism is good. Too much finance, isn't it? What made it globalization?
I strongly believe this is a financialization of capitalism that made all this happen. Capitalism is good. Too much finance, isn't it? What made it globalization?
Yeah, it is strange, but you have to understand that in Europe, a lot of those governments, Macron, same thing in Germany, with the exception of Italy, where we have a more nationalist majority, with the exception of Hungary, where you have Orban who is fighting for nations, all those other countries, France leading the path, have been led by people that believe that power should be given to the European Union.
Yeah, it is strange, but you have to understand that in Europe, a lot of those governments, Macron, same thing in Germany, with the exception of Italy, where we have a more nationalist majority, with the exception of Hungary, where you have Orban who is fighting for nations, all those other countries, France leading the path, have been led by people that believe that power should be given to the European Union.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.