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Liberals panic worldwide as Trump, Le Pen rise
Liberals are in for a long struggle as nationalist populism surges in the US and Europe.
Gideon RachmanColumnistI was at the French embassy in London on May 7, 2017, the night that Emmanuel Macron won the presidency for the first time. When the screens flashed up news of his decisive victory over Marine Le Pen, there were cheers from the assembled guests.
Seven years later, Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) has just won the largest share of the vote in the first round of French legislative elections and Macron’s party has been trounced.
Financial Times
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