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1 week ago

French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor

France's mainstream centre-right is abandoning its taboo against collaborating with the far-right, enabling National Rally gains and risking a Le Pen/Bardella presidency in 2027.
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1 month ago

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

From London to Lisbon, politicians from centre-right and centre-left parties alike had steadily eroded social programmes, fostering a sense of scarcity and creating fertile ground for the stirring up of anti-migrant sentiment, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. If we were doing more, people would not feel threatened, they would not fear falling behind, he said.
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