France’s political class cannot say it has not been warned. In 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the veteran chief of the country’s National Front, caused an earthquake by edging out Lionel Jospin, the Socialist party candidate, from the run-off round of the presidential election. This week, a Harris Interactive poll reported that Mr Le Pen’s daughter, Marine, head of the far-right movement since January, would win the first round of a presidential election if held now.
法國政界可不能說沒得到過警告。2002年,老牌政客、法國國民陣線主席讓-瑪麗•勒龐(Jean-Marie Le Pen)在首輪總統選舉中擊敗社會黨候選人萊昂內爾•喬斯班(Lionel Jospin)躋身第二輪選舉,引起了轟動。近日,哈里斯互動(Harris Interactive)所作的一項民意調查顯示,假如現在舉行總統選舉,讓-瑪麗•勒龐之女、今年1月起接掌該極右翼組織的馬琳•勒龐(Marine Le Pen)將在首輪中勝出。