Populists are social media savvy
Through social media, populists style themselves as the truly modern parties – their opponents still rely on old-style politics.
Jean-Yves Camus is director at the Observatory for political radicalisation of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation.
A graduate of IEP (Institut d’Études Politiques) in Paris, a researcher at IRIS (Institute of International and Strategic Relations), and author of numerous works on the extreme right in Europe as well as publications relating to various theological-political movements.
The French National Front and Lebanon
Whilst the role of the European Union on an international level is being questioned by the conflicts in the Middle East, most notably by the on-going war in Syria which causes thousands of migrants to move towards Europe, the French election campaign is also affected. By meeting with President Michel Aoun, an ally of Hezbollah […]