{"id":1440002,"date":"2022-04-15T10:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440002"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:18:02","slug":"return-of-the-guillotine-le-pen-hints-at-referendum-on-death-penalty-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-of-the-guillotine-le-pen-hints-at-referendum-on-death-penalty-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Guillotine? Le Pen Hints at Referendum on Death Penalty in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freturn-of-the-guillotine-le-pen-hints-at-referendum-on-death-penalty-in-france%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440002&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-480443013-e1649953034964-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Populist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has hinted at the possibility of a referendum that could see the death penalty return to France.<\/p>\n<p>The populist\u00a0Rassemblement National (National Rally) candidate had already promised the French people that a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/13\/marine-le-pen-calls-for-referendum-revolution-to-hand-power-back-to-the-people\/\">referendum revolution<\/a>\u201d will take place in France should she be elected as the country\u2019s first female president, which would see sweeping changes in national policy all put to the public vote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Now, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindependant.fr\/2022\/04\/14\/presidentielle-2022-la-peine-de-mort-pourrait-faire-lobjet-dun-referendum-confirme-marine-le-pen-10235602.php\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>L\u2019Ind\u00e9pendant,\u00a0<\/em>Le Pen has elaborated on the issues that could come up in such referendums, accepting that a general vote on the return of the death penalty would certainly be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question of the death penalty could go through a referendum, everything could go through a referendum,\u201d the right-wing populist is reported as saying,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/elections\/presidentielle\/le-vrai-visage-de-l-extreme-droite-revient-macron-met-en-garde-contre-le-pen-et-son-projet_AN-202204130195.html\">noting<\/a> that there was \u201cno forbidden debate in a democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Such a move would set up a clash with the European Union and European Court of Human Rights, however, with both institutions banning capital punishment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marine Le Pen Calls For \u2018Referendum Revolution\u2019 To Hand Power Back To The People<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1NQOpHU4nf\">https:\/\/t.co\/1NQOpHU4nf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1514185494577532937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Le Pen seemed lukewarm about the actual possibility of the death penalty returning to France, rival candidate Emmanuel Macron seems to have been enraged at the very possibility that a referendum could be held on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Lashing out at Le Pen, the incumbent French president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/elections\/presidentielle\/le-vrai-visage-de-l-extreme-droite-revient-macron-met-en-garde-contre-le-pen-et-son-projet_AN-202204130195.html\">denounced<\/a> the populist as an authoritarian who would only be against the death penalty should she be able to \u201cput people in prison for life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Macron has also come out against Le Pen\u2019s promise to put an end to wind farms covering France, a promise which, if implemented, would see existing infrastructure dismantled \u2014 something he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/conjoncture\/demonter-les-eoliennes-comme-veut-le-pen-serait-une-aberration-selon-macron-20220414\">described<\/a> as an \u201caberration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Madame Le Pen\u2019s project, I was amazed to discover\u2026 that hundreds of millions of euros would be spent dismantling existing wind turbines, which, I must say, is a use of the money of the taxpayer which I question,\u201d Macron said regarding the possibility of a moratorium on wind energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting out of renewables is a complete aberration, we would be the only country in the world to do so,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wind Farms Cause Sleep Loss, Stress and Anxiety, Government Review Finds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzVRhMFbZO\">https:\/\/t.co\/qzVRhMFbZO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SfODZZsU42\">pic.twitter.com\/SfODZZsU42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/793158100152782849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Populist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has hinted at the possibility of a referendum that could see the death penalty return to France. 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