London | British and European centre-right parties are frantically courting the resurgent radical right, in a move that portends a potential reshaping of the conservative side of politics.
The latest leader onto the bandwagon is Eric Ciotti, head of France’s mainstream centre-right party, Les Republicans. On Tuesday, he sparked a furious internal debate by urging an alliance with the hard-right National Rally for the French elections later this month.
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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.