The new fault line in politics, according to Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, is between globalists and patriots. It is an argument similar to those being made by euroskeptics in the United Kingdom and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the United States. It is, however, as false as it is dangerous.
Judging by the results of the second and final round of France's regional elections on Dec. 13, it is also an argument that French voters, at least, roundly rejected. They cast 73 percent of their ballots for the National Front's rivals, depriving the party of even a single victory.
Le Pen accused the mainstream parties of ganging up on her, describing their cooperation as a denial of democracy. Her argument is, of course, a classic example of sour grapes; the entire point of a two-round voting system is to force parties and their supporters to seek a consensus and form partnerships. Unless and until the National Front finds a way to win allies, it will not achieve an electoral breakthrough. (The same is likely to prove true about Trump.)
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