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Politics'Extremist right-wing ideologies' pose a growing threat in France and 'across much of the democratic world'

Joseph Downing examines how politics surrounding insecurity in modern France reaches beyond crime and public order to disputes over national identity, the fading political centre and declining democratic values. He also considers far-right violence and stigma directed at ethnically diverse working-class suburbs, against the backdrop of a deadly Paris-suburbs shooting allegedly driven by racist and anti-Muslim hostility.

Francefar rightdemocratic valuespolitical violence

FFrance 24★★★☆☆2026-10-29 20:06Original

'Extremist right-wing ideologies' pose a growing threat in France and 'across much of the democratic world'
'Extremist right-wing ideologies' pose a growing threat in France and 'across much of the democratic world'Politics