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Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National (formerly, Front
National) published on 3 January 2019 on her official Twitter account the image
of a European Union flag with inverted colors - yellow with blue stars. The flag
was presented as the "standard of Europe of peoples".
By a "mere
coincidence", the yellow background recalls the Yellow Vests movement, a
populist, grassroots movement that emerged in France in late 2018.
https://twitter.com/MLP_officiel/status/1080871761787400192/photo/1
At the end of her first meeting in the campaign for the European Parliament
election, held on 19 January 2019 in Le Thor, near Avignon, Marine Le Pen was
offered a "present". Soon unfolded, the "present" appeared to be a copy of the
European Union flag with inverted colors.
Photos
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr
https://www.ledauphine.com
Marine Le Pen was criticized for her blunt
attempt to "solicit" the Yellow Vests' votes, as did other candidates to the
election. Maybe as a consequence, the European flag with inverted color
disappeared from her further communication.
"Prenez le pouvoir", supported by
Marine Le Pen, was the most voted list at the election (23.33% of the votes),
securing 23 Representatives.
More generally, the inverted flag issue
highlights Marine Le Pen's hate for the European Union flag. Proposal No. 93 in
her program for the 2018 presidential election was "To hoist permanently the
French flag on all public buildings and remove the European Union flag from
them". In April 2017, when invited to the TV program "Demain, Président" by the
TF1 channel, she asked the European Union flag usually displayed in the
background to be removed, which was done.
In 2014, David Rachline, elected
Mayor of Fréjus for the (then) Front National, immediately ordered to remove the
European Union flag from the Town Hall.
The same year, Philippe de
Beauregard, elected Mayor of Camaret-sur-Aigues, for the (then) Front National,
removed the European Union flag from the town's schools. Upon administrative
request, he was forced to re-establish the flag, which he did, but using a flag
much smaller than the neighboring flags of France and Provence.
https://www.lci.fr/elections
LCI, 27 February 2017
https://www.20minutes.fr/elections
20 Minutes, 19 April 2017
http://www.20minutes.fr/politique
20 Minutes, 16 April 2014
https://www.francebleu.fr
France Bleu, 13 May 2019
Ivan Sache, 8 May 2022