[kabar]

The far-right National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen took an impressive 17.5 per cent, eating mainly into the UMP's votes in the 12 regions where it was competing against the two big blocs. This confirmed that FN supporters who had backed Mr Sarkozy for his tough law-and-order line in the 2007 presidential election, had returned to the hardline, anti-immigrant fold.

Immigration and the preservation of French culture and history will increasingly be the issue. And not only in France but all over Europe.

[AmishDude]

The problem with France and Europe is that such things aren’t fit for polite parties. Hence the fascist parties benefit from the unwillingness to address them.