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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Linah Alsaafin

What is behind the rise of the far right in France?

A couple looks at official posters of the French far-right party Rassemblement National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and French far-right party Reconquete presidential candidate Eric Zemmour in Montaigu, western France, on April 2, 2022 [Loic Venance/AFP]

Paris, France – Edwige Diaz bristles at the words “far right” when used to describe French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

Diaz, who is Le Pen’s campaign spokesperson and regional and municipal councillor of the southwest region of Gironde, said “far right” is a pejorative term that does not reflect who or what the Rassemblement National (RN) party stands for.

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