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IN THE
ANA
French Jews Upset
By Right-Wing Gains
Paris (JTA) — French Jew-
ish leaders said they were
concerned about the dra-
matic gains made by the far-
right in nationwide
parliamentary elections this
week, but insisted they have
good relations with the con-
servative parties that ap-
peared to•win by a landslide.
The big losers in the first
round of elections were the
ruling Socialists, who won
only 19 percent of the vote.
A coalition of two conser-
vative parties garnered
about 40 percent of the vote,
but seats in the 577-member
National Assembly will only
be parceled out after a se-
cond round of voting next
week in those districts
where no one candidate won
50 percent or more of the
ballots.
After the two conservative
parties — the Union for
France and Gaullist Rally
for the Republic — and the
Socialists, the nation's third
largest political force
became Jean-Marie Le Pen's
right-wing National Front,
which won a resounding 13
percent of the vote.
Mr. Le Pen's racist and an-
ti-Semitic National Front
party is mostly known for its
campaign against immigra-
tion.
Jean Kahn, head of CRIF,
the umbrella organization
representing the French
Jewish community, said
after the results: "Too many
people were going around
saying that the Front Na-
tional was losing ground. I
did tell them they were
wrong. I'm sorry to be pro-
ven right."
Mr. Kahn added: "But I
cannot believe that over 13
per cent of the French are
racists and anti-Semites. I
think that most of those who
voted for the Front National
did so as a protest against
the current economic and po-
litical situation."
However, despite the fact
that Mr. Le Pen's party won
13 percent of the vote, it will
most likely win only two or
three seats in the Parlia-
ment because the party's
vote is spread out over many
districts.
The Communists,
although they came in
behind the National Front at
9 percent, might pick up
anywhere from 10 to 25
seats in the National
Assembly because their sup-
porters are highly concen-
trated in certain districts.
The country's left wing, as
well as Jewish leaders, urg-
ed voters to shore up
moderate forces in the se-
cond round of elections.
Mr. Kahn said that "one
just cannot sit on his hands.
This week we will have to
I
strengthen the moderate
right-wing candidates in the
opinion that they can win
without the help of the Front
National."
Political commentators
were predicting that
I
Edouard Balladur, a close
friend of Jacques Chirac,
head of the Gaullist Rally,
could become France's next
prime minister.
Last week, Mr. Kahn said -4
he had met Mr. Balladur on
I
several occasions and that
the Turkish-born politician
has visited Israel twice.
Mr. Balladur "is well
aware of the situation there
Commentator's
predicted that
Balladur
could become
France's next
prime
minister.
(in Israel), and he has learn-
ed about the Jewish corn-
munity here. Our relations
are very good," Mr. Kahn
said.
For the time being, accor-
ding to observers here, the
National Front does not con-
stitute a danger for the Jew-
ish community, as long as
the moderate conservative
parties stick to their policy
of not cooperating or making
political alliances with any
of Mr. Le Pen's people.
France's bleak economic
situation appeared to be the
cause of the Socialists'
downfall.
On the eve of the elections,
there were 3 million people
unemployed, or over 10 per
cent of the working force.
When first elected in 1981,
Socialist President Francois
Mitterrand and his party
promised to "Change Life."
"They did," say the cynics,
"for the worse."