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France’s Mainstreaming Extremism
Season 2 · Episode 128

France’s Mainstreaming Extremism

Le Pen, Macron, and France’s presidential election

Politicology

April 27, 202255m 18s

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Show Notes

French Journalist Karen Lajon joins Ron Steslow to discuss France’s presidential election last weekend


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(01:43) Karen’s work covering France and the world 


(03:50 The climate heading into the elections 


(05:08) The sentiment around Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron 


(09:33) Le Pen’s push to de-demonize the National Rally


(19:23) Le Pen’s ties to Putin 


(25:34) What a LePen victory would have meant for France





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https://twitter.com/karenlajon


https://twitter.com/RonSteslow

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