France: Runoff between Le Pen and Macron – Politics

France has never been so radicalized, never so depoliticized. Now the country’s most famous right-wing extremist has made it into the runoff again. Why Marine Le Pen fits perfectly into these shattered times.

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Nadia Pantel, Paris / Perpignan / Narbonne

There were candidates in this French presidential election who had surnames. Macron, Mélenchon, Jadot for example. There were also candidates with surnames. Pécresse and Hidalgo. And then there was one that did it differently. Who seemed to have only a first name.

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