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Why the French presidential candidates are arguing about their colonial history

  • Written by Jennifer Sessions, Associate Professor of History, University of Iowa

When the French presidential elections begin on April 23, the world will be watching closely.

Polls are tightening up, but Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Front (FN) Party, seems likely to get through to the second, runoff ballot on May 10. Will the xenophobic populism that brought Brexit to the U.K. and Donald Trump to the White House...

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