This segment of What’s Ahead discusses why the poor showing of incumbent Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential election should ring alarm bells in every democratic nation.
His opponent, Marine Le Pen, is a fascist in all but name. She loves Putin, hates NATO and wants the government to play an even bigger role in the economy. But she has skillfully played into French voters’ frustration over their country’s poor economy and high inflation and resentment over its very large immigrant population, which is mostly Muslim.
The French economy is stagnant because of extraordinarily excessive taxation and regulation—a warning to other countries with subpar economies.
Stagnation gives openings to extremists like Le Pen.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2022/04/12/french-presidential-election-2022-a-warning-to-all-democratic-nations/