History of far-right movements in France - Wikipedia
WEBFrom 1894 to 1906, French society became deeply divided by the Dreyfus affair, a major political scandal that proved to be a turning point in the history of France. The modern "far right", or radical right, formed as a distinct political current during the Dreyfus affair. However, it had some antecedents in earlier years of the Third Republic.
The relentless rise of France’s far right - Financial Times
WEBJun 14, 2024 — An RN win would be a seismic moment in France’s modern history: the far right has never been in power save for in the Vichy era after the country was partly occupied by Germany in 1940.
The rise of the far-right in France - NPR
WEBApr 11, 2022 — NPR's Leila Fadel talks to University of Nice professor Vincent Martigny about the vote that forced a runoff between France's president and a far-right candidate.
The Far Right in France - History Today
WEBSince the late 19th century, French politics has provided a testing ground for right-wing populism. Martin Evans | Published in History Today Volume 70 Issue 4 April 2020. On 8 May 1898, 54-year-old Édouard Drumont won the seat of Algiers with a crushing majority of 11,557 votes against 2,328.
How France’s far right built a national movement - Financial Times
WEBJul 4, 2024 — An early turning point in Le Pen’s quest to professionalise the far right came a decade ago, in 2014, when a party stalwart, Steeve Briois, won a mayoral election in Hénin-Beaumont in northern...
Far-Right Movements in France: The Principal Role of Front
WEBJul 5, 2016 — France occupies a special place in the history of far-right movements, as the birthplace, at the turn of the twentieth century, of the ideas, values and emerging trends that led to the building of fascism and Nazism in the surrounding countries.
50 years on the French far right: How the Front National became …
WEBOct 9, 2022 — Its leader, Alain Robert, wanted to create a more "presentable" political structure and achieve the French far right's old dream: unity. And so was born the "national front" strategy.
Recovering the History of the French Far-Right - Origins
WEBFor decades reticence in France to confront fully wartime collaboration with Nazi Germany, and the rise of homegrown fascism in the 1930s, has hamstrung efforts to gain a rich and nuanced understanding of extremism in the period. This era, thankfully, is …
The five-decade rise of France's far right | Reuters
WEBApr 22, 2022 — Marine Le Pen's run on Sunday for France's presidency is the culmination of a five-decade rise of the far-right from a fringe movement to one of the country's strongest political forces.
WEBFrance occupies a special place in the history of far-right movements and is regarded by several authors as the birthplace of the ideas, values and trends that led to the rise of fascism and Nazism in the surrounding coun-