The particularly chaotic political situation that has prevailed in France since 2024—following the dissolution of the National Assembly by President Macron—seems, among other things, to have cast discredit on the mainstream parties and, conversely, fostered the rise of extremists. Judging by opinion surveys from the last few months, it is the far Right (mainly in the form of the Rassemblement National) that is making most headway, leading in the polls for the presidential election that is due in 2027. This situation of an extreme Right apparently playing by the rules of the democratic game isn’t peculiar to France, since other countries, both in Europe (Italy, Hungary) and the Americas (USA, Argentina), are now governed by far-Right parties. Almost a century after the fascist wave that hit Europe in the 20th century, should we be worried about the revival among parties of the extreme Right globally? It was to shed light on this question that we interviewed Gilles Ivaldi, a researcher at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, Paris (CEVIPOF).
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