THE FRENCH RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL PARTY AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 170 - 190, 30.06.2021

Bekir Halhalli

Abstract

In this study, the discourse of the National Rally (RN - Rassemblement National) in France will be analyzed through Critical Discourse Analysis. The main question of empirical analysis is: How does RN use anti-immigration themes as discursive strategies? While trying to answer the main question of the study, three main strategies; referential/nomination strategies, predication strategies and argumentation strategies were shown. At the same time, not only at the discursive level, but also the practices that support the discourse are tried to be addressed. In the empirical analysis, newspapers, party’s official websites, published academic books and articles, party programs, public speeches and social media discourses were examined in detail. In this framework, we examined how RN constructs social reality with the exclusionary discursive practices. In this study, France has been selected to in order to carry out a comprehensive examination of profile of the rise of anti-immigrants in Europe since September 11, 2001. RN's achievements in national and local elections and Le Pen in presidential elections were effective in the election of France. Through discursive strategies, RN has labeled immigrants as the source of problems and the other of their own society.

Keywords

Rassemblement National, Anti-immigration, Anti-immigrant, Critical Discourse Analysis, Le Pen

FRANSA ULUSAL BİRLEŞME PARTİSİ VE GÖÇMEN KARŞITLIĞI

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Fransa’da Ulusal Birleşme Partisi (RN - Rassemblement National)’nin söylemi, Eleştirel Söylem Analizi yoluyla analiz edilecektir. Ampirik analizin ana sorusu şudur: RN, göç(men) karşıtlığı temalarını söylemsel strateji olarak nasıl kullanmaktadır? Çalışmanın ana sorusuna yanıt verilmeye çalışırken yükleme, uslama ve ima yollu/adlandırma stratejileriyle sergilendiği söylemler gösterilmiştir. Aynı zamanda sadece söylemsel düzeyde kalınmamış, söylemi destekleyen pratikler de ele alınmaya çalışılmıştır. Ampirik analizde gazete içerikleri, partinin web siteleri, yayınlanmış akademik kitaplar ve makaleler, parti programları, kamuya açık konuşmalar ve sosyal medya söylemleri ayrıntılı olarak irdelenmiştir. Bu çerçevede, RN’nin kullandığı dışlayıcı söylemsel pratiklerle sosyal gerçekliği nasıl inşa ettiği incelenmektedir. Bu çalışmada, 11 Eylül 2001 tarihinden günümüze Avrupa’daki göçmen karşıtı yükselişinin mümkün olduğunca kapsamlı bir profilini incelemek üzere Fransa seçilmiştir. Fransa’nın seçilmesinde RN’nin ulusal ve yerel seçimlerde, Le Pen’in ise başkanlık seçimlerinde önemli seçim başarılarına imza atması etkili olmuştur.

Keywords

Ulusal Birleşme Partisi, Göç Karşıtlığı, Göçmen Karşıtlığı, Le Pen, Eleştirel Söylem Analizi

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