France in Focus: Flirting with the far right

The third in a four-part sequence. A have a look at far-right populist affect on mainstream politics in France.

France has a protracted historical past of flirting with the far proper.

In April 2022, Marine Le Pen, chief of the far-right Nationwide Rally social gathering, was President Emmanuel Macron’s closest challenger within the presidential election, gaining greater than 40 p.c of the vote.

Though she didn't win, racist and Islamophobic concepts promoted by far-right events now reverberate throughout French society.

On this episode of The Large Image: France in Focus, we take an in depth have a look at what lies behind the far proper’s enchantment, and the impact on the folks in its firing line.

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