Leaders of France’s National Rally, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, on Saturday condemned Russia after Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of Russian assets of Auchan and Nestle to temporary administration. Their statement followed an emergency meeting held the day before by Emmanuel Macron with leaders of France’s political forces.

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Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella published a statement on the National Rally website, in which they described Russian actions as an attempt to intimidate France and influence its support for Ukraine. A few days earlier, Le Pen said that France no longer has money for aid to Kyiv.

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Leader of France’s National Rally, Jordan Bardella, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that unconditional support for Ukraine should be replaced with «pragmatic» and mutually beneficial relations. He linked this to France’s budget deficit and debt burden.

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British right-wing populist Reform UK leader Nigel Farage plans to travel to France by the end of October and meet with Marine Le Pen, head of the French far-right National Rally (RN). The trip will be a return visit after RN leader Jordan Bardella’s visit to Birmingham, where he spoke at the Reform UK conference.

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Marine Le Pen said that «National Rally» will not give up the retirement age of 62. This differs from Jordan Bardella’s words, who called the issue «under review».

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In the tenth year of Emmanuel Macron’s rule, French society is deeply disappointed in him, and the political system is destabilized. Many voters now see voting for Marine Le Pen and her «National Rally» as the only way to express anger and distrust toward this system.

#Analytics #elections #JeanLucMélenchon #JordanBardella #MarineLePin #politicalcrisis #populism #rightandleft #France #EmmanuelMacron

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A week ago, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections. Thus ended the Viktor Orbán era. For 16 years in power, he assumed that the benefits of close ties with Moscow would always outweigh the image costs. In reality, Hungarian voters wanted not only low prices for gasoline and gas, but also a European identity.

#Analytics #Hungary #ViktorOrban #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #democracy #DonaldTrump #EuropeanUnion #Voters #KajaCallas #MarineLePin #society #parliamentaryelections #rightandleft

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Right-wing populism is not a universal ideology, and everything beyond anti-globalist and anti-immigrant sentiments is subject to tactical moves that have their local characteristics depending on the local agenda. Yet, it is possible to highlight the reasons for the successes of right-wing populists using the example of Marine Le Pen's party in France.

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