"Had I been French, I would — gulp — have picked Marine Le Pen in the elections runoff next year out of the two choices recent opinion polls have been offering" Trond Andresen wrote.
Later the same day, Andersen was informed by Klassekampen Editor-in-chief Bjørgulv Braanen that his services as a commentator were no longer wanted, Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported.
"Le Pen and I agree on the following important issues: opposition to the EU, departure from the Eurozone, national industrial policy with elements of protectionism, restriction of immigration, secular state, independent foreign policy, no to American wars for the sake of regime change, yes to reconciliation and cooperation with Russia, resistance to globalism," Andresen justified his support for Le Pen.
"François Fillon against Marine Le Pen is a bit like Trump versus Clinton. I'm not excited about either of them, but Le Pen seems to me the lesser of the two evils," Andersen explained.
Although Bjørgulv Braanen made it clear that Andresen was still welcome to contribute with articles other than opinion pieces, Andresen turned down this courteous offer.
"I'm done with the newspaper," Andresen said.
Klassekampen ("Class Struggle") is a Norwegian newspaper, which was founded in 1969 with a radical Marxist-Leninist platform, but has developed into a respectable left-wing daily. Since 2000, Klasskampen has more than trebled its circulation, in a period where most Norwegian newspapers have been in sharp decline.
