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Why we need to think about a Le Pen presidency
The uncomfortable reality is that the far right is now polling at levels that are unprecedented in France’s post-1945 history – and a lot can happen in a two-week campaign.
Gideon RachmanColumnist“The policies that I represent are the policies that are represented by Mr Trump. They’re represented by Mr Putin.” That was Marine Le Pen speaking in 2017. In just two weeks’ time, she could be elected as president of France.
Le Pen, the standard-bearer of France’s far right, is now through to the final round of the presidential election, where she will face off against President Emmanuel Macron.
Financial Times
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