INFO.cz: Le Pen will bring chaos and instability. Czechs still admire her, says a French political scientist
In an interview for Info.cz, Martin Michelot commented on the candidacy of Marine Le Pen and the reasons of her popularity in the Czech Republic.
V prezidentské kampani neslibovala nic jiného než čistý chaos. Paradoxní je, že s Českou republikou toho ale nemá mnoho společného.
Vyhraje ten, kdo dokáže k volbám přilákat nejvíce svých voličů
S tím, jak kampaň vrcholí, šance Le Penové naopak klesají. Vysvětlení je jednoduché. Většina lidí, kteří ji podpoří, to udělá pouze jako vyjádření protestu vůči ostatním stranám. Procento lidí, kteří by ji volili kvůli tomu, že se ztotožňují s jejím programem, je totiž velmi malé.
You can find the full article (in Czech) on Info.cz's websites here.
#french election #Marine Le Pen #France #Czech Republic
Martin Michelot
Senior Associate Research Fellow
Senior Associate Research Fellow
Expertise: NATO and transatlantic security, European foreign policy and defense, French politics, elections and society, Visegrad Four and Central Europe, EU institutional issues
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