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by Kukumber 1325 days ago
> France continues decline towards anti-immigrant, right-wing and xenophobic leadership.

Last presidential election (few months ago) show the opposite [1]

Far Right did worse than the previous election (5 years ago)

[1] - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2022/apr/24...

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How did far right do worse in 2022 than in 2017?

They got above 30% of the vote in the first round (which is the round that matters because of the "cordon sanitaire"), and depending on where you place Lasalle/Dupont-Aignan it is as high as 35%.

2017 that figure was 26%(Dupont-Aignan + Le Pen).