France's far right has been 'banalized', expert warns • FRANCE 24 English

France's newly formed left-wing coalition is seeking to prevent Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party from obtaining a majority in the National Assembly in upcoming snap legislative elections. FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Jonah Levy, Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at Berkeley, who has analyzed the official turnout of the protests, and concludes that they weren’t ‘that huge’. And he warns that it shows ‘everything you need to know about how banalized and accepted the far right has become in French political life'.
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[@sergesavard636]

The French did not vote for nor were even asked about an invasion of their country and an overturning of their culture..

[@agnesagni]

Are you writing from one of the countries that suffered French colonisation?

[@joeandrade8158]

You need the people to do the work and pay taxes

[@rayneary4371]

I'm more concerned with reality than imaginary enemies.

[@KalFulsom]

Nor did any other western nation. Our "leaders" have done so without asking us.

[@stgraham111]

That guy seems really knowledgable but it seems a little weird that a French news show is interviewing an American in California about French politics

[@rdsc.455]

Why ? People already know that most of the decisions of Europe, concerning Europeans are taken or finalized in the US.

[@KalFulsom]

As a centrist, I am amazed at how clueless the left and the left press are that they are promoting and help the right get elected. The more you demena them, the more sad you sound and desperate. And in ignoring the issues that drive them you make them more popular. Put aside your prejudices and be objective. Imagine that, an objective press? Hm...

[@TheTwangKings]

Demons should be demonized. Call them by their true name, fascists!

[@petepotr4078]

@@TheTwangKingssore loser crying

[@sew_gal7340]

You would think that a country that prides itself in democracy would be happy to celebrate the people's decision and majority vote, might as well be an authoritative state and be done with it

[@TheTwangKings]

@@sew_gal7340 relax ruzzki troll, elections haven't happened yet! Even then, Macron retains presidency.

[@TheTwangKings]

@@sew_gal7340 the elections haven't taken place yet, in case you haven't heard.

[@MilenaBlazanovic-oq2iy]

At the moment the only right is so called "far right" and I'm stating this as a former left wing voter for 20 years

[@TheTwangKings]

They resemble fascists more and more each day. 😱😱😱☠☠☠

[@petepotr4078]

Welcome to the side of common sense

[@sherriziegel]

If the only alternative to neoliberal economics and disastrous neocon wars is 'The Right' people will vote for the right. If the servants of power repeat 'Far Right' enough times, even an extreme leftist will 'become' far right. Le Penn's domestic policies are to the left of the French 'Socialist' Party.

[@dontfollowthecrowd6949]

they called anyone patriotic "far right" now, and I bet the orginin of this is one of the countries that push all this Muslim emigration on Europe.

[@Teebs131]

Macron was the center right, and he still is. What are you even talking about. The fact that you don't believe there's a moderate right says a lot more about your own radicalized views.

[@Arre2011]

…And the changes that Macron has made in France; They don’t mess up the country and normal people’s lifes… ???

[@rayneary4371]

The changes that the far right also voted for!

[@danielslubski1028]

this guy is not an impartial expert, he is totally biased.... i'm from Israel. and i recommend to vote for Le pen, for France for Europe,for the world

[@luvzfrance24]

As an outsider looking in France's government has been a hot mess since Chirac left.

[@sew_gal7340]

This is what you get when you ignore your working class and call them all kinds of -ists and phobes...eventually people believe it and accept it and it no longer means anything. I hope the french get a new gov...we are so tired of stuck up politicians and news channels

[@sherriziegel]

If the only alternative to neoliberal economics and disastrous neocon wars is 'The Right' people will vote for the right. If the servants of power repeat 'Far Right' enough times, even an extreme leftist will 'become' far right. Le Penn's domestic policies are to the left of the French 'Socialist' Party.

[@1Orbert]

Report the news not your opinion

[@mainStream-user]

ok comrade

[@Preetvnd]

you sure you really want the news? c'mon

[@petepotr4078]

It is france24, left news funded forcefully by french taxpayers, pure bias

[@RAS-zs6eq]

Know where this is going as soon as you bring in Berkeley professor...

[@bbob70]

What exactly do these "experts" you invite to reinforce your views actually produce?

[@anugupta2598]

Bat shir😂😂😂

[@Teebs131]

Frankly the berkeley professor did a really good job capturing the current mood on the ground. Do you have any points he made that were incorrect rather than just citing the use of an expert as a fallacy?

[@WesleyTurner-u5v]

Nothing except anger and hatred!

[@jeprotable]

why such anxiety with the 'far right'...they won the election through ways of democracy, people voted for then...so, let 'em rule...

[@sharksbreath7]

The left is only for democracy if the people vote the "right" way - i.e. global socialism

[@rayneary4371]

I think thats what the germans said

[@sharksbreath7]

@@rayneary4371 Comparing your political opposition to the 1940s Germans. How innovative, only a few billion people have thought of that.

[@christopherstewart1163]

What makes them "far right"? Indeed, why are they right at all? Protect borders? Freedom of speech? Climate prudence? Nuclear power? Free enterprise? Those are far-out concepts.

[@NewLeftToday]

the fascism is what makes them far right

[@MilenaBlazanovic-oq2iy]

@@NewLeftToday Nope, I only see fascism in the leftists side and in the Muslim ideology side

[@vladseva2327]

​@NewLeftToday could you give some examples?

[@christopherstewart1163]

@@NewLeftToday The classic definition of fascism is to control of the private sector production while allowing them to have private ownership. Putin and the oligarchy is an example. The CCP while still communist allowed a modified form of it...until they didn't. Is that what they are advocating? If not, you are simply labeling them to avoid a true debate of issues. On the chance, I may have a point, why not discuss, debate, and compromise instead of calling each other names. It may work to keep those in power safe but it seldom benefits the people.

[@vannavanity1195]

Lol, the French far right isn't "free enterprise." Don't project Muricanisms. Literally no one thinks that

[@wanderlust0120]

"I don't believe in democracy" - expert says There, I corrected the title for you

[@voranartsirisubsoontorn]

If so then the far-left is out of date.😊

[@Samo-tm3xr]

You can use all those emojis but fact ia that there are MILLIONS of far leftists in europe and winning will not be easy😅☺️☺️

[@RationalistMH]

Why would you ask an American professor to explain French politics?…

[@js1423]

Yeah, I wonder that as well

[@petepotr4078]

Yeah, france24 every day more st…

[@FrankEdavidson]

Because Berkeley (People's soviet socialist democratic republic of)

[@js1423]

@@FrankEdavidson I know, but they could have at least gotten a French socialist on to critique it. Americans tend to be some of the least educated people in the west, especially about things that are foreign to them

[@rdsc.455]

​​@@js1423 but it's Americans who in reality decides the fate of Europe and Europeans !!

[@renatosureal]

And ... the EXTREME-LEFT tends to be...

[@mac7040]

Totally ignored at best and pandered to at worst

[@JjAnteros]

they are not irrelevant in France, they are in some ways and in some areas more relevant then Reconquest is for example, however the news media tends to ignore the Communist Party and prefers to focus on the crazy antics of the far right, especially AfD in Germany and Reconquest in France, for example

[@rayneary4371]

the far left represent about 3% of the vote, it just goes to show how far right you are to consider LFI or the PS as far left.

[@seneca2530]

RN are not radical.... categorising them like that just highlights your bias and discredits your opinions

[@promi429]

RN not radical? REALLY? a party that tried to justify gas chambers is not radical?

[@emceaboom]

I don't think CDG would be "turning over in his grave" at a party that promotes a strong, powerful French state and stable society that are free from excessive foreign influence.

[@jone7414]

with a left TV channel, sure you got this kind of titles ! ! !

[@Meeko2689]

Bias and lazy journalism, this " experts" talk about the dangers of the far right but they seem to explain any of the policys that makes them dangerous

[@MASUW]

Africa for Marine Le Pen

[@MrNeversweat]

Exactly, that's what the media is hiding Africans love Front National and support Le Pen

[@rayneary4371]

I think you need to take your tablets

[@ashiau]

Great analysis.

[@fisterklister]

The other parties have done nothing to keep Islam down...........and preferably out

[@jdc-avatar]

Perhaps the "boy wonder" has cried wolf once too often.

[@LucaFerrari-qn7dy]

Immigration has been banalized in the West, that's the correct headline

[@ocimum-basilicum]

The RN of MLP may lead the right in France, but it is clearly no longer as hardline as the party she inherited from her father.

[@franciscouderq1100]

Ah ah ah how deluded you can be

[@chrisj-zk1tg]

This commentator destroyed macron 😅

[@semprelazio8864]

Hes telling us what Charles de gaul would think lol

[@nikyankee1080]

Effing all radicals ??? No more Hitler and Mussolini ... Stalin and Mao too ... We are USA !!!

[@Teebs131]

What are you even talking about... this entire report has nothing to do with the USA.

[@lthang2477]

French media be like.. let's get the words "far right" as much as possible in every video we post

[@JoniRechtsteiner]

Marcon has to go !

[@beskarflowers]

The guest said it himself, and there is that disconnect: more French people care about pension reform than they do about the right.

[@justinkey3181]

This is so Sarah last Tuesday, I wish I was Wednesday from the Addams Family.

[@MidnightRambler]

Lolz or calling everything far right is lame and bs.

[@hiltonwatkins6750]

What is this word “banalyzed”… I can’t find it..

[@franciscouderq1100]

Agreeing with the early statement not later presentation

[@evaskor7765]

I am actually very surprised by this analysis - it is pretty accurate!

[@sherriziegel]

If the only alternative to neoliberal economics and disastrous neocon wars is 'The Right' people will vote for the right. If the servants of power repeat 'Far Right' enough times, even an extreme leftist will 'become' far right. Le Penn's domestic policies are to the left of the French 'Socialist' Party.

[@dubsar]

As in "The Banality of Evil"?

[@KoldTrain]

A biased American commentator was your best option?

[@NigelJackson]

Ooh an 'expert'...he must be right 😐

[@Hypoksi]

Europe needs a strong and stable France i think. I hope they sort out their issues. And i hope they wont go far-right. There is a middle ground which is better for every one i believe. .

[@aetherion7]

What is a "middle ground"? Is that one of the logical understandable leftists arguments we all are reading from you? XD

[@vincesiy1403]

@@aetherion7 Agree. all these labeling is really just used to promote or smear people anyway. Vote for people you think will lead your country to peace and prosperity. What is left, right or center are very subjective and tends to move around generation after generation.

[@mainStream-user]

@@vincesiy1403 This is not about left or right. This is about Democracy vs Anti-democracy. There is no middle ground there. You are either for or against.

[@MASUW]

Strong and Stable France that is NOT Scamming, Looting, and Enslaving Africans in the Mainland and Africans in the Diaspora (Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Polynesia, Guiana, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Wallis, Futuna).

[@vincesiy1403]

@@mainStream-user Again labeling your opponent anti-democratic just because you do not like them is arbitrary. Usually used as a scare mongering tactic to get votes by politicians.

[@leifandersen2756]

And the same should the left be !

[@isgoodovsubhuman1972]

Jonah Levy is a Jewish name btw.

[@LayLoow]

His probably related to Elon levy 😂

[@pragueexpat5106]

Left or right, it makes me sick to see politicians clapping for themselves..

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

That's because no one in their right mind would ever clap for them. Politicians, whether left, center, or right are remarkably unremarkable people. 😮

[@TheTwangKings]

What about Pootin? The little guy forces everyone to clap for him 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AliGates-t6k]

France number one , German numi 2, US number 3,

[@AniKayode]

Hopefully Mélenchon is the new prime minister. 🙏🏽

[@vladseva2327]

No way it will happen

[@FrankEdavidson]

A socialist is the very opposite of what France needs to fix the mess of Islamism, third worldism and degeneracy that mass immigration and misplaced égalité has broughr.

[@arjulan2098]

That will never happen,except if he present himself in Gaza...

[@mesamies123]

Poor France! More like the US each day. 💔 😢

[@MrTravelWriter]

Speaking of the far right, one wonders when France 24 or any major media outlet will shine a spotlight on Jordan Peterson and his many pro-Nazi remarks.

[@petepotr4078]

Cry far left loser

[@sanyasuk.8003]

Not true. They need far right.

[@Horatio.Mantooth]

"Delinquecense" wow,impressive to be using words most people need a thesaurus for. Could you be any more elitist?

[@iska788]

I think he just used it from French where it is more common.