The prospects of the European right after France’s local elections

French voters made their voices heard in the mid-March municipal elections, whose insights into the trajectory of the far-right National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen and her protege Jordan Bardella, were closely followed. The party first rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the National Front, led by its founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine’s father. Its rise in the decades since has been striking, as it evolved from an anti-immigrant, populist opposition movement into a genuine “party of power” that boasts more than 100,000 members and nationwide support.

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