The stand-up comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, whose one-man show was banned earlier this year in France and who has been convicted of anti-Semitism, is setting up a new political party to rival the far-right Front National. His co-president will be Alain Soral, the anti-Semitic publisher and essayist who has split with Marine Le Pen's far-right party on the grounds that it is too “pro-Israeli” and that he has been “betrayed” by a senior FN official. According to documents seen by Mediapart the new party is to be called 'Réconciliation Nationale' or 'National Reconciliation'. The two leaders are said to be hoping for a dissolution of the National Assembly before 2017 so the new organisation can get its hands on state funding of political parties. Karl Laske and Marine Turchi report.
The anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala is to set up a new political party to rival the far-right Front National headed by Marine Le Pen. The comic, whose one-man show was widely banned in France earlier this year because its anti-Jewish content was seen as a threat to public order, has joined forces with far-right publisher and essayist Alain Soral to create the new organisation. According to documents been by Mediapart the new party is to be called 'Réconciliation Nationale' or 'National Reconciliation' and the two men will be co-presidents.
