That’s Sophie Chikirou of La France Insoumise (LFI), the leading French left-wing populist party. Apparently, she’s also in a relation with the party’s founder and long-term leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, so also quite ‘prominent’.
Anything extreme or radical typically is, it makes it harder for traditional parties to govern, and they tend to shift away from the political center themselves as well. It’s political disruption, plain and simple.
Seems to be the French equivalent of Germany’s Sahra Wagenknecht. Also nominally left-wing populist, but pro-Russia and taking weird rightwing talking points.
That’s Sophie Chikirou of La France Insoumise (LFI), the leading French left-wing populist party. Apparently, she’s also in a relation with the party’s founder and long-term leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, so also quite ‘prominent’.
Most left-wing populist parties in Europe are financed by Russia while most right-wing populist parties are financed by Russia.
Anything extreme or radical typically is, it makes it harder for traditional parties to govern, and they tend to shift away from the political center themselves as well. It’s political disruption, plain and simple.
Seems to be the French equivalent of Germany’s Sahra Wagenknecht. Also nominally left-wing populist, but pro-Russia and taking weird rightwing talking points.