Le Pen’s base is the “Left Behind”, working-class people who have been abandoned by the wokisation of the French left. As such, she cannot embrace the same Thatcherist economic policies advocated by Zemmour.
Noah Ebtihej Sdiri
2 years ago
Zemmour has no chances to win, and he knows it. He is just paving the way for the formation of a “grande droite” led by Marion Maréchal, and with enough firepower to win in 2027.
Stephen Walshe
2 years ago
Sarkozy beat Le Pen by 27% to 18% in 2012, and trounced her father by more than 3 to 1 in 2007. Now the Republicans trail the Far Right by almost 3 to 1. This is what happens when the centre right selects candidates to impress the progressive urban public sector and media blob. Pay attention Boris Johnson!
I object to the term “Far Right” in your post. They are not “Far Right” but anti-globalist, anti-posh, anti-woke….
Phil Hannay
2 years ago
I don’t think it is fair or accurate to say Zemmour is slumping … until recently he was polling at 14% or 14.5%.
I agree the right has not found a winner yet.
Sean Meister
2 years ago
Macron was always going to win. Zemmour’s importance in this election is to shift the Overton Window rightwards. What comes after Macron is the goal. Time is on the right’s side as the European Neo-Liberal project collapses in on itself.
R Wright
2 years ago
“To get into the first round, candidates need to get the signatures of at least 500 elected officials” – what a joke of a democratic system
Couldn’t they make some kind of deal? I mean, do the French actually want another five years of that globalist weirdo Macron?
Le Pen’s base is the “Left Behind”, working-class people who have been abandoned by the wokisation of the French left. As such, she cannot embrace the same Thatcherist economic policies advocated by Zemmour.
Zemmour has no chances to win, and he knows it. He is just paving the way for the formation of a “grande droite” led by Marion Maréchal, and with enough firepower to win in 2027.
Sarkozy beat Le Pen by 27% to 18% in 2012, and trounced her father by more than 3 to 1 in 2007. Now the Republicans trail the Far Right by almost 3 to 1. This is what happens when the centre right selects candidates to impress the progressive urban public sector and media blob. Pay attention Boris Johnson!
I object to the term “Far Right” in your post. They are not “Far Right” but anti-globalist, anti-posh, anti-woke….
I don’t think it is fair or accurate to say Zemmour is slumping … until recently he was polling at 14% or 14.5%.
I agree the right has not found a winner yet.
Macron was always going to win. Zemmour’s importance in this election is to shift the Overton Window rightwards. What comes after Macron is the goal. Time is on the right’s side as the European Neo-Liberal project collapses in on itself.
“To get into the first round, candidates need to get the signatures of at least 500 elected officials” – what a joke of a democratic system
Oui! That struck me as a very weird requirement in a democratic society, especially if it is hard to get, as seems likely from this article.