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How UKIP saved the world (sort of)

Another way of looking at the Trump-Brexit analogy.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 1 August 201628 January 2022

Hollande’s rocky road to re-election

French president François Hollande will have to win the vote of his own party before he can stand for re-election – and even then it will be hard work to make it to the second round.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 22 June 201628 January 2022

What happened in France

The National Front's failure to win control of any French regions isn't particularly surprising or mysterious.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 3 Comments 17 December 201528 January 2022

Fascism on both sides of the Atlantic

There's been some very interesting discussion on whether to call Donald Trump a fascist, a debate that has particular resonance with the rise of the National Front in France.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 12 December 201528 January 2022

New regions, new politics

French regional elections tomorrow will tell us more about the size of the surge for the far-right National Front and the impact of the recent terrorist attacks.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 5 December 201528 January 2022

Family, fascism and respectability

France is spellbound as the National Front's drive for modernisation is embodied in conflict within its first family.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues 4 Comments 7 May 201528 January 2022

Who counts as a fascist?

Hungary's neo-fascist party wins a seat from the government at a by-election, once more posing questions about how to deal with (or even describe) the far right.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 1 Comment 14 April 201528 January 2022

France keeps out the fascists, but at what cost?

Departmental elections in France show that its electoral system, being very like Australia's, is stacked against third parties in much the same way. This time it was the National Front that missed out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France 2 Comments 31 March 201528 January 2022

France’s far right eyes a new milestone

Departmental elections in France see the National Front running neck and neck with the major parties. How they respond to the threat may determine the shape of the next presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 5 Comments 22 March 201528 January 2022

Election preview: French Senate

France's Socialist government is likely to lose its Senate majority on Sunday, but its longer-term future may depend on how well it can exploit internal divisions in the centre-right opposition.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 24 September 201428 January 2022

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