France held the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections on Sunday, and its far right party won big. I put that in quotes because right-wing parties in Europe can differ from the American far right—the immigrant-scapegoating ethnonationalism is just as ugly, but the economic policies are less hypocritical.
...the French election results probably have less to do with ideology than you may think. French voters, like voters across the wealthy world, are in a sour mood and directing their ire against the politicians currently in power, be they on the right, the left or the center.
France's unemployment rate has fallen significantly on his watch while the employment rate for prime-age adults has surged. Like almost every other wealthy nation, France experienced a burst of inflation as the world economy recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic...
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