Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

Is Le Pen really ‘far-right’?

By smearing all opponents as fascists, the left blurs the line between democracy and thuggery

What is ‘far-right’? With the progress of Marine Le Pen to France’s presidential run-off, the term has been liberally used — as it has been over recent years across the West. Golden Dawn in Greece, Jobbik in Hungary, and the Sweden Democrats are all said to be far-right, to name but three.

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