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cessful attempt to fix Europe's democratic deficit, is both ignored and despised. The EU has become a breeding ground for populist parties, such as Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defend ordinary people against an arrogant and in
th ignored and despised. The EU has become a breeding ground for populist parties, such as Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defend ordinary people against an arrogant and incompetent elite. EFTA00684348 Greece's Golden Dawn is t
lders's Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defen
Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defen
reedom Party of Austria parties supported Russian interests on a select group of issues. The most reliable pro-Russian party was Dutch politician Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom, followed by France's National Front, Italy's Northern League, the Swedish Democrats, and UKIP.I0 Putin and other Kremlin offici
so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a q million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Fre
million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance
crucial French elections. A Bankof America Merrill Lynch European Equity Strategy | 01 December 2016 5 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014464 --- PAGE BREAK --- Marine Le Pen victory could bring into question both the future of the EU and also the euro, should the polls be close it could make the uncertainty and market mov
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014465 →ts. In terms of who could lead that coalition, polls have Rutte’s People’s Party neck and neck with the anti- immigrant Freedom party led by populist Geert Wilders. Wilders has called for the Netherlands to leave the EU indicated he would call a referendum if elected. A Wilder-Rutte coalition also hasn’t been ru
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014474 →erica 16 European Equity Strategy | 01 December 2016 Merrill Lynch HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014475 --- PAGE BREAK --- Barty argued in The Trump Inflection, Le Pen’s victory has the potential to be even more of an earthquake for the world’s financial markets. Indeed, we have already seen a 1vol move in April 2017
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ed so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a €9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Frenc
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019275 →€9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance wi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019275 →f Freedom Party of Austria parties supported Russian interests on a select group of issues. The most reliable pro-Russian party was Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, followed by France's National Front, Italy's Northern League, the Swedish Democrats, and UKIP.?° Putin and other Kremlin officia
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019277 →d in turn other European banks), the Dutch parliamentary election on March 15, 2017 (the worry here is further advances by the far right party led by Geert Wilders), the first round of the French presidential election on April 23 and the second round on May 7, UK local elections on May 4 (this will be the first
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026642 →llande’s performance. (3) The Presidential race in France is now between the Centre Right (Mr Fillon from the Republican Party) and the Far Right (Ms Le Pen from National Front). The pendulum in Europe, in my view, will swing to the right, and possibly overshoot, as pendulums tend to do... which is not go
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026643 →Entities connected to both Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen

Donald Trump
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Nigel Farage
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George Soros
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Viktor Orbán
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Barack Obama
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Marc Rich
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Angela Merkel
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Bloomberg L.P.
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Vladimir Putin
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Hillary Clinton
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United Kingdom
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Middle East
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Boris Nikolic
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Chile
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