The end of the speech france 24. Everywhere. Timethis is france 24 for 60 minutes live around the world. Im genie godula. These are the headlines. The National Front failed to win a single region in sundays runoff vote despite record results in the first round. Violence breaks out in Central African republic as people there vote on a new constitution. If passed, it would bar religious fundamentalism and intolerance, a move that is key to bringing peace there. And the trial of one of chinas most highprofile human rights in three hours in beijing lasts just three hours in beijing. This hour, three finance ministers in just one week or it in our business update, we will tell you how political turmoil in south africa has been hitting the value of its currency. At the streets of new york for the annual christmas time parade, thousands of santas turned out for santacon. , our top story. Political maps got a big shakeup in sunday post regional election, but without any big wins for the fark right for the far right party, the National Front. The party had been riding high after the first round last week and put them in first place, but it shifted yesterday with not one single region going to the far right. Despite the loss, the National Front leader, Marine Le Pen, does not remain defiant. The far right party did not take a single region in the nations election sunday. Marine le pen still has much to smile about. Marine le pen compared to the less Regional Elections in 2010, when we won 9. 17 of the vote, this time we won 30 in the second round. These results confirm election after election. Support for the National Front. Coste rise in support has the socialist party dearly. After taking all but one region in the last election in 2010, they scraped in with just five or even then, they resorted to putting their candidates in regions where the National Front was strong in an effort to boost numbers for the opposition conservatives. Triumph, no, no message of victory. The danger of the far right has not been set aside. Far from it. I do not forget the first round of results and the results of past elections. Winners with the right wing. Even their tone was muted, with party leader and former president Nicolas Sarkozy calling for support of issues around the nation. Mistakeuld be a great to go from one election to the next as if the french people had told us nothing. These debates will now be our priority in the months to come. A priority likely similar across the political spectrum. With less than two years to go before the next president ial election, the National Fronts in actual rise in support has indicated the Political Landscape could be very different the next time france goes to the polls. Genie the French Conservative Party met today to talk about what has been called their victory without joy. Here is more from one possible candidate for that partys race to the l is a palace. We must quickly turned to the french people, address their problems, and give them some solutions. We should avoid these theoretical debates. More to the right, more to the left, more to the center, we are only ones interested in the debate. We must turn to the french people, especially young people, who are touting politics. Nothingnk politics have positive to offer. We should also avoid the temptation of radicalization. That will turn us into a cult, and you cannot win an election by being a cult. You win a National Election by solving everyday problems for the french people. Genie our National Affairs editor has more on this election. Lets focus a bit more on the National Front. The results were a slap in the face for that party, but it is not going away. Doug youre right. French voters went there and passhe thou shalt not message. When push comes to shove, you get that final verdict clinch round, the french voters on the left get very scared of the far right, the prospect of them even coming close to power and they go to the polls in droves. A lot of people in the mainstream right, people are inclined to go to the conservative candidate rather than the far right candidate. The statistics still speak for themselves. They are out there with 6. 6 million votes in france. They are not going anywhere. Marine le pen, the leader of the party, she really sees the glass as halffull. She sees this defeat not as the will of the french voters turning back a party pandering to the basic fears of an electorate on security and immigration and the economy. She sees it as the mere result of cynical political ploys, tactical politicians bent on keeping power, mainstream parties bent on 40 will of the people. She sees it as a result of the machine colluding in a mafia against her party. Regardless of whether or not there is some sort of reeking of the system and colluding. They wanted to leave it simply to a conservative versus far right showdown. That debt paid off, but it is not going away. Marine le pen is not just waiting in the wings, she is ready to pounce for toy 17. Less than 18 months away, the for 2017. Less than 18 months away, hundreds of counselors have been voted in throughout france. They will be very loyal. They are footsoldiers for the National Front in the months ahead. She is counting on perhaps at some point voters calling the establishments bluff. If they are banded together and joining forces to thwart the advance of the popular front, on them saying thats it, game over, we will not play this game anymore. Genie could we see Marine Le Pen in a final round of the president ial race in 2017 . It is interesting. In the u. S. , we will will we see donald trump as a realistic president candidate . They both win, they both a populist and they play two fears. Donald trump i do not think will be the president of the united states. I can perhaps bet that. I do not think Marine Le Pen will be the president of france in the mediumterm. I do think she has the ability to wreak political habit i do think she has the ability to wreak political havoc on the administration. We are seeing it across the board. She has already had a Major Political influence on frances political debate. Genie thank you for that. Next, to germany, where Angela Merkel is facing a congress of her conservative party today and the tensions over her management over the minor influx. Germany has seen about a million migrants arrive this year. Merkel is insisting the country will manage it, but some in her conservative block want a tougher approach. Lets bring in sarah harmon in berlin. Angela merkel has been facing intense criticism ahead of the conference. What does she have to say so far . Sarah the criticism was in her own party. It is so strong, the most important part of conference of her career. This is her make or break moment. She really owned it, too. Before she set a single word, she got a standing ovation. She set herself, i have not done anything yet. It was clear from that on she was not going to give in to her critics. She was going to own this moment and push through her own policy agenda. She gave a sweeping speech, a lot of historical comparisons, comparing the refugee crisis that germany is facing now to germanys challenging rebuilding after the war. She also defended her own asylum policy, or decision in august to throw the doors open, saying it was nothing more and nothing less than a humanitarian imperative. Genie what longterm implications might her stand on the refugee crisis have on the party longterm . Criticisma lot of within her conservative party union. They want an upper limit, a cap on the number of Refugees Germany will take in. I think she may clear today that she is not going to give than that. It is going to be her way to not going to put a limit on the number of people she will take in. She did say that germany is lamenting some policies, working to reduce the number of rivals from balkan countries and others that germany considers to be a safe country of origin. Those people are not entitled to asylum in germany. She emphasized those strategies are already making progress, and she emphasized the need for immigration. Those are all things that they like to hear. Minor concessions but nothing policy driven here. Genie sarah harmon reporting from berlin. Next to the Central African republic been. Heavy gunfire interrupted in the heavy gunfire erupted in the capital city. Latest our correspondent tells us more. The crucial votes end here the sectarian strife. The Central African republic constitutional the referendum was seen as a fight, a step. The people of the Central African republic took a historic democracy forre their country. Smooth palatef a forinds were soon dashed the neighborhood has been a flashpoint of violence and christian antithe lockout militia. Those whocalls by remain loyal to the rebellion to boycott the vote. Securitye lives within. From today, the will of the people is such that these rebels and criminals should retreat. It is the beginning of radical change. Chaos erected in the Central African republic in 2013 when they were soon defeated to make that a pack a backlash against the muslim population. An offer is expected in the three days. In china, the prominent human rights lawyer has gone on trial zhiqiang. , pu there were some scuffles outside the courthouse as police pushed supporters and journalists away. International Rights Groups have criticized this trial, calling it a persecution. Heres more now from bentley from ben lee. Thehe is one of many in long line, activists, feminists, and other people who basically were not protesting on the streets or setting themselves on fire. What this seems to be now in a in 2012, to go after moderates, be they myra people who have now because of the crackdowns on social harmony and to foster the governments holdover power, they want to stop the potential anytime online, on the streets, in any way. Sentencing is due to come. It is the latest in an example which Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have both been critical of. There have been ambassadors and many journalists that were not allowed in because, again, this is not transparency. So many have come on the record for the last years. This is not the image china wants as it becomes a major power in the world. Genie with all the news of the world, if it is not getting you down if it is getting you down, this might cheer you up a little bit. It is a santa or santas, almost thousands of them they were in new york for santacom. It is a christmastime parade meets pub crawl. It might have gotten while at times, but the goal is to make manhattan more nice than naughty. 15 passing hour. Lets look at todays top stories. The french far right party, the National Front, failed to win a single region in sundays runoff vote. You can expect record results in the first round. In thee breaks out Central African republic as people there vote on a new constitution. Passed, it would bar religious fundamentalism and intolerance, a move key to bringing peace there. The trial of one of china paz most highprofile human rights lawyers lasts just three hours in beijing. He is accused of criticizing the Ruling Communist Party on social media. Business news now with our very own stephen carroll. We will start with staff out to with south africa. Stephen the third in a week, just after he was asked to do the job last wednesday. The new finance ministers name pravin gordon. On placing an emphasis the three men who have been in the center of this. We had first of all, one prisoner who was appointed, appointed last year, and then removed from the boat last week. Whoas replaced by david, caused a collapse in bottoming in currency. Has been unveiling his plans for what he will do as finance minister. We will speak with aisha is male. I needed to reassure the markets. What has he been saying . Moving quickly to assure not only foreign investors, but also to assure South Africans that he will do Everything Possible to grow the economy and stabilize the economy as the rand that has years. Its lowest in 14 this was after president jacob zuma replaced the finance minister with a littleknown 80 back venture back bencher. Number of measures to boost the economy and the rand. That we needified to exercise critical discipline and talked about fiscal management, and also kind of in a way is saying that this would not be happening and he was back in the seat as minister of finance. I am not sure you will recall, but he was a previous finance , andter in south africa last night, literally two hours aboutturn,ade this the ranch did see an improvement , and this morning when the stock markets open, we did see it better itemng than they did on friday. People seemed to be happy. He is going to ensure that fiscal discipline will be exercised. Stephen it has shaken his the confidence in him to fix the economy. All forms of social media, facebook, twitter, are saying that he must stand out. People were saying you cannot have a president making a rash decision like this, causing the causing the country to lose more than 100 billion of rent. Very interesting is that they knew a very senior team member, who served in houmas government, he was safe she was the former minister of health. She said zuma must take responsibility and that must go on. What is interesting is that on the 16th of this ember, which is would stage aan protest. She is calling for people to join her. With the sing zuma mark four. People appeared to be saying that zuma cannot be trusted he must standt down. Thank you for joining us with the latest on the story. Lets take a quick look at the markets. What is happening on the currency market, the value of the rent, record lows against the dollar last week. The good news is is having rebounded value today, up 4 . Some recoveries after the turmoil of the past week. On the stock markets, european how things work things were looking optimistic, cozy u can see the frankfurt dax dipping into the red. We are expecting the first Interest Rate rise in nine years announced in america on wednesday. Shell, news for you they say they will cut 2800 jobs after a merger with bg group is finalized. Chinese regulators have approved a deal. 700 7500n top of cuts already announced. Twitter is warning users that statesponsored hackers could have tried to pirate their accounts. Theyre describing the hackers is being publicly orders publicly escorted by the government. You can see if there on your screen. Attacks targeted emails, ip addresses, and phone numbers. There is no evidence that the hackers got any event of his ignition genie taylor swift has made amends after highly disputed that her height dispute with apple. The comments forced the company to go back and pay the royalties. This video is treated by the head of websters facility. Are givingpple music me Consumer Rights to their world tour. Hoping this deal will help to bring more people on board. Genie we will see what happens. Thats to you for watching france 24. Time now for the press review. Genie Nicholas Rushworth is here on the set. High, neck. Ick i want to turn first to the washington post, and the verdict of the Editorial Board of that paper. If you go to look at that, you can see that they are on great, and the critics have no basis to face action. It says the pact sets the ground rule from further pledges. Upbeat now, is this technology could be fixed simply by the issue of the account possibility because it is possible to measure various emissions countries are making by satellite. The paper there concludes the critics of Climate Change action we know there are some in the united states. They will have to explain why now they want to harm the united states, standing by slowing progress and not accepting the deal. Genie another paper has an interview with the man known of the father of Climate Change. Call these two weeks in paris a fraud. The former nasa scientists of james hansen, were seeing that the materials are worthless wood. He says the country that thinks we will have a warming target and then we will have a review every five years. What is needed is attacks across the board worldwide on Greenhouse Gas emissions. That is the only way to act quickly in order to restore the rubbish of Climate Change, which we are already seeing. That article does not reflect the mood overall in the press, which is favorable toward the paris agreement. Lets look at the chinese paper, the global times, and this cartoon is sort of saying that we have actually fallen off a cliff, but there is some hope that a branch they are holding is up and it is cop21 in paris. So you can see, back from the brink. , holdg at that, i thought on a minute, were still falling into oblivion here. Genie cop21 is a big story around the world, also true of the regional vote held here in france. That has been Significant Interest as to whether the french far right would indeed have a breakthrough, which it dio
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