There was no earthquake. Europe didn't jump to the right, it just shuffled a little. And what is 'The Right' anyway? What is fascism in the twenty first century? Is the far right really on the rise?
Marine Le Pen's success in this year's European elections stunned France and shocked most of Europe. Le Pen's Front National won 24 seats in the European elections and came first in terms of their share of the popular vote -- but only 10 of the EU's 28 member states elected far right MEPs.
Writing in the Washington Post, Dutch-born Cas Mudde, an assistant professor in the School for Public and International Policy at the University of Georgia, said: "There was a total increase of 15 far right MEPs compared to the 2009 election, but the Front National alone gained an extra 21 seats! In many ways, the success of the European far right is really the success of the FN."
We went to Paris to speak with the Front National, and also with the ruling Socialist Party -- which was crushed in the popular vote.
Author and moderator: Brian Maguire, political correspondent
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