Marine Le Pen is catching Macron in the opinion polls for the French Presidency. She might do better than Macron in the First Round of voting and looks like a very serious challenger in the second round, even if supporters of other candidates rally to Macron:
Her support is 13 points higher than in 2017.This raises an interesting issue. Most Remain voters see themselves as middling socialists. Would they be happy to rejoin an EU which has one of its major components governed by a party that is the political equivalent of the BNP? I have heard the answer from Remain voters, they say "of course not but Le Pen ruling France is unlikely, the polls show she will lose". Given that any of France, Germany, Austria etc. could swing to the far right at some time in the future this answer is not very convincing.
If you voted Remain in the 2016 Referendum you must ask yourself whether you would be happy to share the EU with the Far Right. If we were in the EU in 10 years time and the Far Right became ascendant in several EU countries they would finance and publicise Far Right activity in the UK. As a Remainer/Rejoiner you could lose everything you say you believe in. This is not an academic point. Opinion polls usually under count support for right wing parties. The 2022 French Presidential Election is on a knife edge.
20/3/2021
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