France The area of northern France now called the Hauts-de-France region was a red base in the 1960s–1980s, consistently voting for Communist candidates or their Socialist coalition partners. Nowadays, however, it is fertile terrain for Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement. [Fig. (Untitled)] Germany German reunification in 1990 initiated a process of aggressive privatization and economic restructuring. In its aftermath, the former Communist east has continued to lag behind. Today, the...
France The area of northern France now called the Hauts-de-France region was a red base in the 1960s–1980s, consistently voting for Communist candidates or their Socialist coalition partners. Nowadays, however, it is fertile terrain for Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement. [Fig. (Untitled)] Germany German reunification in 1990 initiated a process...
France The area of northern France now called the Hauts-de-France region was a red base in the 1960s–1980s, consistently voting for Communist candidates or their Socialist coalition partners. Nowadays, however, it is fertile terrain for Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement....