When the FN’s voters were asked ahead of the May 2014 election what mattered to them they mentioned three things. For 63 percent immigration was a top priority. A similar number raised economic issues. But hostility to the EU came top of the list: 83 percent of FN voters were persuaded that belonging to the EU had aggravated the effects of the economic crisis on France; 81 percent thought that the economic policy of the current government conforming to the demands of austerity would likely fail.
