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Is the far-right on the rise again throughout Europe?

Marc Perelman interviews Birgitta Orfali, Associate Professor at René Descartes University; Thomas Klau, Paris bureau chief, European Council on Foreign Relations; Stefan Braendle, Journalist, Frankfurter Rundschau; Dr Matthew J. Goodwin, Research Fellow, Institute for Political & Economic Governance at Manchester University; and Jérôme Jamin, Researcher at the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Liège, Belgium.

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Click here to watch part 2 with Birgitta Orfali, Thomas Klau, Stefan Braendle, Matthew J. Goodwin and Jérôme Jamin.

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

17/05/2012 - POLITICS

French Presidency: A break with the past?

It was a week of handovers. On Tuesday, France's first Socialist president in 17 years made his way up the red carpet and into the history books, becoming only the second Socialist since 1958 to take up residence at the Élysée palace.

09/05/2012 - POLITICS

François Hollande: A 'normal' president?

François Hollande is France's new leader; only the second Socialist president since 1958. But while Hollande has won the mother of all French political battles, he has not won the war. Both the Socialists and Conservatives are gearing up for crucial parliamentary elections in June. They will shape the Hollande presidency by deciding whether he will have a majority to implement his policies or not.

26/04/2012 - POLITICS

French Presidential Runoff: Dear far-right voters...

We are now 10 days away from the second round run-off of the French presidential election. As expected, the ballot will feature François Hollande versus Nicolas Sarkozy. But the wild card will be Marine Le Pen and her 6.4 million voters in the first round. Both candidates want her voters, but how far can they go? And will it work?

18/04/2012 - POLITICS

Presidential Election: Sarkozy and Hollande in pole position

There are now only a few days left before we will know the verdict of the first round of France's presidential election. So who is likely to win the most votes in this first round, and in the run-off two weeks later?

11/04/2012 - POLITICS

Presidential Election: The final countdown

There are now only ten days left before round one of the French presidential election. It's the final stretch in a gruelling campaign - the candidates are exhausted but still lining up rallies and interviews. It's time for the French to make up their minds, although the latest opinion polls show little change, with François Hollande still the favourite.

Comments (2)

@ Anonyme Oh please spare us

by Anonyme - 28/02/2012 - 06:54

@ Anonyme Oh please spare us your irrelevant blabbering. It's very clear that you live in Canada because you have no idea about the cultural and demographic decline of the French people.But then again of course you wouldn't you're from Canada which has about as much cultural and ethnic unity as Antarctica has people. And to call the US "right wing" please tell me you're joking. This is the party that has elected Obama who is extremely right wing and the Occupy protests which are just a perfect example of a far right movement.

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This is how Hitler started

by Anonyme - 06/06/2011 - 02:57

This is horrible.
This is how Hitler got started.
Please, Europe..PLEASE don't become like America.
I am here in Canada, and we look to Europe for relief and as the beautiful example for the OPPOSITE of the disgusting extremely right-wing neighbours we have (the USA)...
Canada is very left-wing, and you guys in Europe have always been our role models. Social democracy and democratic socialism make you and Canada the most humanitarian and fair and equality-based examples...don't throw it away by electing modern-day Hitlers. It's bad enough our neighbours to the south, the U.S, are SO right-wing and they're SO close to us geographically.... please don't go and become even WORSE than the U.S.A, because these far-right parties are even FURTHER right than the US..they are modern-day Nazis

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