Wide segments of French society breathed a sigh of relief after Marine Le Pen’s loss in the 2022 presidential elections. The far-right candidate was defeated, like her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen before her. However, the base of her party has grown and its ideas have been victorious, with Le-Pen’s tide rising for the first time to exceed the 40 percent threshold of votes. The ideas of this racist party have gained wide traction, and have been largely normalised in society, a development that can only portend that worse is ahead for France. Peddling a discourse of hate At the start of the 1970s, …

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