A HARDtalk for Jean-Marie Le Pen

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The interview brings up the participation of a Front National official in a recent white supremacist conference, an event which Monsieur Le Pen declares no knowledge of.

The conference was the 2005 American European Conference convened May 20 - 22 by David Duke and the Front National member who attended was Jean-Michel Girard(Directeur de cabinet des affaires étrangères de Front National).

The conference ended with a panel debate, which included the following speakers:

Kevin Alfred Strom - National Vanguard
Don Black - Stormfront
Nick Griffin - British National Party
David Duke - representing Euro
Paul Fromm - Canadian Association for Free Expression
Jean-Michel Girard - Front National
Lady Michele Renouf
Vávra Suk - Nationaldemokraterna

Furthermore David Duke also recollects the following on his website:

"Dr. Gollnisch introduced me to Jean Marie LePen, and LePen then also proudly introduced me around the EU Parliament and invited me to a private dinner that evening. LePen and I discussed almost every critical issue facing our people. I can assure you that he is as fully knowledgable and committed as I am on the issues dear to my heart. We formed a friendship and understanding that has endured to this day, and I believe it will continue after he is, as we hope, elected France’s next president." - - The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD » Interview with EU Parliamentarian Bruno Gollnisch

In the same text Duke states "I felt honored that Dr. Gollnisch would announce in this way that I, as hated by the media as I am, was his friend.". I think dear David is missing the point here. It is not so much that he is "...hated by the media", it has more to do with the simple fact that he scares the hell out of people.

Nationaldemokraterna who's also a member of EuroNat provides a coverage of the 2005 American European Conference here.

(adding the statistics discussed in a bit)