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In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s long-term political strategy, her party’s electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech.
- Chasing The Youth Vote
- Rebranding The Right
- Appealing to Youth
- Declining Support of GOP
The growth in support for France’s far right isn’t taking place in a vacuum. A wave of populist sentiment has swept across much of Europe and North America in the last few years. Moreover, the French and American far right have demonstrated a mutual admiration and exchange of strategies. The French right’s fight against “wokisme” echoes American co...
The tide began to change when Marine Le Pen took control of the Front National from her father in 2011. Over the last decade, she has undertaken a conscious process of “de-demonizing” the party in an effort to distance itself from its antisemitic past. Instead, Le Pen wants to present herself as a mainstream candidate. While, as many point out, man...
Beyond reframing, though, the Rassemblement National also proposed a number of concrete fiscal policies that target youth voters. In her 2022 presidential platform, Le Pen promised to eliminate taxes for those under 30, offer financial assistance to student workers and increase housing for students. Le Pen and the Rassemblement National haven’t con...
In both France and the U.S., younger generations express feelings of disinterest in and neglect by mainstream political institutions. Yet young people in the U.S. continue to show comparatively low levels of support for right-wing authoritarianism. In 2016 and 2020, voters age 18-29 were 10 points lower in their support for Donald Trump compared to...
Feb 12, 2024 · Le Pen may not be the political ogre her father was, but she does still embody a form of politics that is far more radical and transgressive than she’d like it to appear. For her opponents, Le Pen’s smooth exterior makes the task of taking her on politically ever-more challenging.
Apr 22, 2022 · Le Pen focused on perceived threats against French life: "Islamification", globalisation, the EU and the euro. She came a creditable third in the 2012 presidential election.
Mar 1, 2021 · Marine Le Pen took over the party in 2011 with the clear aim of turning the RN into a party of government. To achieve this, she initiated a process of ‘dédiabolisation’, or ‘de-demonisation’ aimed at softening the party’s image.
Jun 21, 2022 · For over a decade Marine Le Pen’s success in pushing her far-right party into France’s political mainstream has revolved around one key yardstick — the presidential election race which she...
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Jun 30, 2024 · Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) has pulled off another victory and is now well on the way to its goal of turning French politics on its head.
