Where it all went wrong for Macron: How France turned to the right after president failed to tackle migration, Islamic terror attacks, cost of living crisis – and infuriated the public with his arrogant image.
The National Front is largely seen as a hard-right party at home and abroad – but its own members are loath to refer to themselves as such.
RN members see themselves as ‘nationalists’ and ‘localists’ who hold the interests of the French people above all others.
This, of course, means cracking down on immigration – something which has grown consistently in France for decades.
Meanwhile, Macron’s presidency has seen a litany of shockingly violent attacks authored by Islamic extremists.
The murder and beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty in 2020 by a Chechen Muslim refugee sparked national outrage, but many more attacks have happened since then.
Jordan Bardella, the protégé of hard-right leader Marine Le Pen, declared last week during a pre-election debate that France is tired of ‘seven years of Macronism’.
Bardella himself has declared he will wage a ‘cultural battle’ against Islam if his party emerges victorious from parliamentary elections.
If he is made Prime Minister in the case of an RN absolute majority, the party will seek to pass legislation to ‘combat Islamist ideologies’ in France that would grant the government enhanced powers to shutter mosques and deport imams suspected of being associated with extremist ideologies.
马克龙的失误之处：在总统未能解决移民、伊斯兰恐怖袭击、生活成本危机等问题，以及其傲慢形象激怒公众之后，法国转向右翼。
国民阵线在国内外被广泛视为极右翼政党，但其成员不愿这样称呼自己。
国民阵线成员将自己视为“民族主义者”和“地方主义者”，将法国人民的利益置于一切之上。
当然，这意味着打击移民——几十年来，移民在法国一直在持续增长。
与此同时，马克龙总统任期内发生了一系列由伊斯兰极端分子策动的令人震惊的暴力袭击。
2020 年，一名车臣穆斯林难民谋杀并斩首历史老师塞缪尔·帕蒂，引发了全国的愤怒，但此后发生了更多袭击事件。
极右翼领导人玛丽娜·勒庞的门生乔丹·巴德拉 (Jordan Bardella) 在上周的选前辩论中表示，法国厌倦了“七年的马克龙主义”。
巴德拉本人宣称，如果他的政党在议会选举中获胜，他将对伊斯兰教发动一场“文化战争”。
如果他在国民阵线获得绝对多数的情况下当选为总理，该党将寻求通过立法来“打击法国的伊斯兰主义思想”，该立法将赋予政府更大的权力，关闭清真寺并驱逐涉嫌与极端主义思想有关的伊玛目。
