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National Front candidate Marine Le Pen lost the French presidential election to her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron, but the far-right party captured roughly 33 percent of the vote -- the largest share any National Front candidate has ever secured in a presidential contest. Le Pen's party will have another opportunity make political gains during Parliamentary elections in June.
Populism is no longer condemned to the extremist edge.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Macron's genius was launching a non-populist movement against left and right.
The West isn't in the clear -- elections aren’t everything.
Neither option serves the interests of the majority of the working and middle classes.
He has yet to demonstrate that he can rally a majority of the French behind a coherent set of policies or attract a majority in parliament.