Matthias Matthijs: “Trump and Brexit were more likely than a Marine Le Pen victory” – Frenchly Morning US

It is true that the French presidential elections do not excite Americans. If the results of the first ballot are ” anything but comforting, showing a far right at the gates of power writes former Washington Post Paris correspondent James McAuley, the issue of the second round is not on the front page of the media in the United States. ” The reaction is usually one of relief., believes Matthias Matthijs, a senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington and an as...