Jean-Marie Le Pen’s Memoir Reminds Us That France’s Populist Right Has Fascist Roots

What happens to a “Man of Destiny” when he fails to fulfil his destiny? This second volume of former National Front (FN) leader Jean-Marie Le Pen’s autobiography provides a curious portrait of a fallen demagogue in his dotage. Following his expulsion from the FN in 2015, Le Pen has become an increasingly marginal and eccentric […]

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