France’s Mainstreaming Extremism

French Journalist Karen Lajon joins Ron Steslow to discuss France’s presidential election last weekend

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(01:43) Karen’s work covering France and the world 

(03:50 The climate heading into the elections 

(05:08) The sentiment around Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron 

(09:33) Le Pen’s push to de-demonize the National Rally

(19:23) Le Pen’s ties to Putin 

(25:34) What a LePen victory would have meant for France

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