Banning Le Pen From Running Will Let Her Play the Victim
Richard Hames
Lawfare is bad whoever it targets.
Tag: marine le pen
How the Establishment Laundered Jean-Marie Le Pen’s Reputation
Olly Haynes
Zero to hero.
People Won’t Care About Democracy If Democracy Doesn’t Care About Them
Kojo Koram
Why would they?
We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’
Rivkah Brown
Ignore Margaret Hodge.
The French Left Can Fight the Far Right If It Stops Fighting Itself
Cole Stangler
Win now, argue later.
France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right
Olly Haynes
Attal’s vibes-based popularity won’t last for long.
That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now
Cole Stangler
She’s claimed an ‘ideological victory’.
Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
Michael Chessum
A lack of political memory could be the left’s kryptonite.
Macron Re-elected; Elon Musk to Buy Twitter; Mail’s Misogynistic Hit Piece on Rayner
Macron’s election as French president might be a relief, but an unprecedented showing for the far right does not bode well for western democracies.
Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t
Aurelien Mondon
She still took 41.5% of the vote.
Tories Turn on Johnson; Baker Says Resign; Kwarteng’s Insult to Earth Day
Influential Tories have publicly called for Johnson to resign. With a Commons select committee set to investigate whether he deliberately misled parliament, are the walls finally closing in on the prime minister? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
What Happened to France’s Socialist Party?
Ell Folan
It was downhill from Hollande.
When Will the West Stop Underestimating the Far Right?
Ell Folan
In 2016, Vox won 0.2% in Spain. It's now polling at 23%.
The Liberal Centre Will Not Hold. Halting the Far-Right Requires a Different Social Model
David Broder
Aurelien Mondon’s First Thoughts on the French Elections
Michael Walker (The Fix) spoke to Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath) about the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French Presidential elections by Emmanuel Macron.
The Slow and Explicable Rise of Marine Le Pen
Charlie Ebert
The Fix: Brexit Britain, a Three Day Weekend and Elections in France
Michael Walker is joined by Maya Goodfellow and Tom Mills for this week’s episode of the Fix.