Greece and France Face the Extremists

The village Brignoles, which is found in the famed Cote d 'Azure region of France, would continue to sleep the sleep of the just had its residents not just elected candidates from the National Front, the party established by extreme right-winger Jean-Marie Le Pen, in elections on Oct. 13. The National Front?s rival parties worked together to prevent its candidate from getting elected. Yet he won with 54 percent of the vote. The news would not have caused so much concern in Paris - and throughout Europe - in the absence of fear that it could trigger the rapid rise of demagogic far right parties across Europe. This development came a few days after the publication of a poll which gave the National Front the support of 24 percent of the respondents. That would make it the largest party in France! It is worth noting that in the 2009 elections the National Front had taken just 6 percent of the vote.

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