French right-winger sells car on eBay

by Sue Bailey

Far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has put his bullet-proof car up for sale on eBay. The listing says that the car is for sale following its replacement, but a Front National spokesman told reporters the aim was “glorious money”, which might well be the truth: in February, Le Pen was fined €10,000 and given a three month suspended prison sentence for describing the Nazi occupation of France as “not particularly inhumane”. At time of writing, the car has just broken the €1 million mark with 72 bids. It remains to be seen how many of those bids are real, and how many are a protest against M. Le Pen’s politics.


Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Filed Under Featured, News
 

Comments

3 Responses to “French right-winger sells car on eBay”

  1. Andy Toogood on May 1st, 2008 5:59 am

    Sue,
    It looks like they worked out pre-approved bidding a little late…

    Le 30-Avr-08 à 21:13:22 Paris, le vendeur a ajouté les informations suivantes :

    ATTENTION : Toute personne enchérissant est priée de me contacter pour confirmer, toutes les autres enchères seront ANNULEES sans préavis.

    :)

  2. Sue Bailey on May 1st, 2008 8:06 am

    Heh heh. It’s up to €10 million :shock: Pauvre Jean-Marie :lol:

  3. frenchcollection on May 3rd, 2008 10:43 am

    Gone now?

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