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Le Pen is mightier than before: France’s election

The Intelligence from The Economist

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- Is It That Marine Lepin Is the Next President of France?

Marine lepin has led a very smart grass root campaign. She's really managed, against all the odds, ini to position herself as calming, unifying leader. But because eric zamor has had this even more toxic far right discourse, it's ended up making her look less extreme. Her manifesto also includes a pledge to ban the moslem head scarf from public places and to end the automatic right to citizenship for those who are born in france.

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