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Turning France fascist? – Inside the Le Pen dynasty
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- Jul 22, 2026
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- 1938
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Summary
Marine Le Pen is expected to make her fourth run at the French presidency sporting a unique accessory: an ankle tag. The scandal-plagued National Rally leader has gained ground with each attempt and the far-right may never have been so close to power. So how did we get here? From the Dreyfus affair and the collapse of the French military in WW2 to the rise of the Le Pen dynasty, Enda O’Doherty – author of The Dark Side of France: Thirteen Chapters in the History of the French Far Righ t – joins Alex von Tunzelmann to trace the country’s complicated political past. • Buy Enda’s book The Dark Side of France: Thirteen Chapters in the History of the French Far Right from our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Back us on Patreon Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.