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	Podcast:		Saturday Morning
	Episode:		Prof Mabel Berezin: French elections reveal rightward shift
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:20:56
	Publish Date:		2022-04-15 20:12:00
	Description:		The second round of the French presidential elections will see the incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron once again face off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, whom Macron easily beat in the 2017 elections. However, this time may not be such a cake walk, and some observers say the tight race is an indicator of the seismic shift in France's political culture. Mabel Berezin is a sociology professor and Director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University. Her work explores fascist, nationalist and populist movements in Europe and associated threats to democracy.
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