Inside the Mind of Marine Le Pen

What is the core ideology of France''s Front national? In the age of Brexit and President Trump, what lies behind the FN''s success in growing the audience for identity-based politics? Has the party really changed its ways?This is a probing enquiry i... Read more

What is the core ideology of France''s Front national? In the age of Brexit and President Trump, what lies behind the FN''s success in growing the audience for identity-based politics? Has the party really changed its ways?This is a probing enquiry into the thought of Marine Le Pen and the party under her leadership, seeking answers in her rhetoric, the history of French nationalism and unique insights shared by far-right specialists and members of the Le Pen entourage - including Jean-Marie Le Pen himself.Marine Le Pen has undeniably transformed her party - but she has not cast off the pillars of its tradition. The ideas betrayed in her speeches - her philosophical references and intellectual influences - reveal her message of a new kind of totalitarianism, grinding and liberal, and her vision for anuncompromising Republic: beyond right and left, confronting new enemies and aligned with Putin''s Russia.Michel Eltchaninoff offers a thoughtful and engrossing look at how the FN''s thought has been updated and rejuvenated by its new leader. Whatever Marine Le Pen is thinking, it has left the French far right stronger than at any time in the party''s history. Less