THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Daniel Solomon) - Will a Political Murder in France Engender a New Cordon Sanitaire?
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Foreign Affairs Will a Political Murder in France Engender a New Cordon Sanitaire? The far left is giving the rest of the French political spectrum little choice. French mainstream politics has its repertoire of watchwords, chief among them “faire barrage” (block the path) and “front républicain” (republican front). These exhortations have in the last two presidential elections applied to the candidate for the nationalist right Rassemblement National (National Rally), Marine Le Pen. The cordon sanitaire has been weakening amid burgeoning support for the RN, but it now is making a surprising comeback: as a call…Open