French President Emmanuel Macron won a second five-year term on Sunday, but the neoliberal incumbent’s victory over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen was significantly closer than it was in 2017.
French people were forced to “vote for Le Pen or vote for what created a favorable environment for Le Pen’s ideas,” ZamoraOn Sunday, British Labor Party parliamentarian Zarah Sultana made a similar point: “By trying to outdo the far-right, ‘moderates’ legitimize and mainstream them. That’s the context for Le Pen gaining 8% from 2017.”Last year Macron’s Interior Minister accused Le Pen of being “soft… not tough enough” on Islam.
By trying to outdo the far-right, ‘moderates’ legitimise and mainstream them. That’s the context for Le Pen gaining 8% from 2017.
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