Overview of Extreme Right parties in France

http://www.politik.uni-mainz.de/ereps/download/france_overview.pdfThis paper looks at the 1972-1999 period to assess the role played by the FN in challenging the traditional bipolar format of French politics. It then moves on to analyse the historical and political factors underlying the 1999 split, the electoral performances of the two parties that emerged from this critical breakdown and the key features of party ideology within the Extreme Right pole. Thirdly it addresses the electoral prospects of the FN and MNR in the light of their results in the presidential and legislative elections of Spring 2002