How Europe’s Political Center Lost Its Voters - Why Meloni, Le Pen, and the AfD Are No Longer on the Margins
Twenty-four years ago, France went to the polls to stop Jean-Marie Le Pen from becoming President of the Republic. In the second round of the 2002 election, Jacques Chirac won 82.21 percent of the vote to Le Pen’s 17.79. Le Pen’s presence in the run-off …