By Gilles Ivaldi, researcher in politics, CNRS-University of Nice
Radical right National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen is
set to top the first round of the next presidential election in France.
Current polls suggest that she could win over a quarter of the vote,
making it through to the presidential run-off.
Like the rest of Europe, the radical right surge in France
is fueled by cultural and economic fears over immigration, globalisation
and Islam.
Since 2012, the FN has been thriving on the economic
crisis, effectively channeling voter anger over President Hollande’s
failure to deliver on his promise to curb unemployment. Amidst a refugee
crisis and growing discontent with the EU, Islamic terror attacks have
exacerbated anti-Islam sentiments and the public demand for law and
order, giving the FN a substantial lift at a quarter of the vote in the
2014 European and 2015 regional ballots.
Source: euronews.
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