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As the Front National licks its post-2017 wounds, anti-immigrant parties make gains across Western Europe

By Elizabeth Strassner on March 13, 2018 Europe, European Union, far right, France, front national, Germany, Italy

France’s far-right party, the Front National, may have been decisively defeated at the polls last May, but the anti-immigrant policies it supports are still attracting voters across Western Europe.

International Relations

French Youth Vote May Be Key to Front National’s Rebound

By Matthew Sussis on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 France, front national, le pen, youth

After a crushing electoral defeat in 2017, France’s far-right Front National thinks it can appeal to voters under 40 using both immigration and economic issues to make a political rebound.