After our European friends have tried their soft socialism for decades, and it has been slowly failing, The New York Times tells us that their greatest fear should not be radicalized students and Islamic immigrants, but that bugaboo of bugaboos, the “far right”.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who didn’t like the idea of Israel fighting back after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, doesn’t really want to fight back in his own country, either.
The National Rally, already ahead in the polls, presented itself as the party best placed to restore law and order.
by Catherine Poeter | Monday, October 19, 2026 | 8:55 AM EDT
After riots erupted this weekend in cities across France, its centrist government blamed the main far-left party, accusing its politicians of inciting the violence. That party blamed the government, accusing it of stirring public anger through years of bad governance and heavy-handed policing.
What did the main far-right party do? It blamed both, and launched into campaign mode.
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