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French politics: right questions, wrong answers

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati

25 August 2024

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A montage image features an illustration of a ballot box with ballots coming out the side, with a butterfly above in the colours of the French flag. To the right there are photos of Emmanuel Macron speaking from a podium; Marine Le Pen at a rally and a protester holding a sign that reads: Democracie = Ni Le Pen Ni Macron

LEFT TO RIGHT: Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press in January 2018; Marine Le Pen greets crowds outside l’Opera Garnier on 1 May, 2012. The National Front march on May Day every year; a voter holds a placard at a Front Populaire rally in Paris, 15 June, 2024
CREDIT: OSKAR HASIUK; BLANDINE LE CAIN, JACQUES PAQUIER; JEANNE MENJOULET