The outpouring of international relief over the French far right failing to seize the presidency says a lot about the febrile nature of modern Western politics. Europe has dodged a bullet, and the victory of Emmanuel Macron is, in the broader sense at least, a sign of the strength of the liberal status quo. It’s…
France’s election of Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen represents a huge victory for republican values against a party of hatred. Today, as we commemorate Victory on Europe Day, marking the end of WW2, France can be proud to have demonstrated its desire to maintain its rank amongst the free nations by continuing to embrace…
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in France’s presidential race, called Sunday’s election a “choice of civilization.” Almost two-thirds of voters heeded those words and cast their ballot for the only civilized option: her 39-year-old rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron. The result comes as a relief to liberals on both sides of the Atlantic, who badly…
Emmanuel Macron is expected to win France’s election against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, with recent polls suggesting he could receive some 60 percent of the vote. Both Jewish and Muslim leaders are banding together to block Le Pen, but some are worried that Le Pen could ride Catholic support to a surprise. Imam Hassen…
France will soon decide whether to elect Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, or Marine Le Pen, the far right leader of the National Front, as president. Win or lose, Le Pen has had an impact on France – though just how much remains a matter of debate. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker: “The Future Of Europe…
Knesset Member Oren Hazan from Likud endorsed far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in a message posted today on his official Twitter account. “Madam Le Pen, I endorse you for tonight’s debate and for the second round [of the election] – to build France’s future,” reads Hazan’s tweet, originally published in French. Madame Le…
For the first time since the French Vichy Government teamed up with the Nazis in the 1940s, the far right in France has their best chance to regain power. But Marine Le Pen’s quest for the presidency might be undone by her party’s refusal to abandon its anti-Semitism. How did France get to this state?…
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, visited a Holocaust memorial in Marseille days after news that her choice for interim party head had denied aspects of the Holocaust. Le Pen on Sunday laid a wreath at a memorial in Marseille to French victims of the Holocaust. The memorial was erected…
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