France’s political class is in a panic at suggestions that Donald Trump’s victory will set Marine Le Pen on course for victory in next year’s presidential election.Imagine that.
The country’s ruling class now fears that polls predicting a narrow defeat for the National Front leader will prove as erroneous as the surveys by US pollsters that showed a win for Hillary Clinton.
Mainstream figures are so anxious that many are now copying Ms Le Pen’s arguments in an attempt to reach out to working class voters.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Trump phenomenon leaves French elite running scared
The Times reports: