Jean Marie Le Pen's stunning showing in the French presidential election stripped bare not only the malaise in traditional French politics, but also the deeper crisis facing Europe's traditional democratic Conservatives, who now confront rising xenophobic parties in the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, and Germany. Jürgen Rüttgers, a leading German Conservative, offers his diagnosis.
Jean Marie Le Pen's stunning showing in the French presidential election stripped bare not only the malaise in traditional French politics, but also the deeper crisis facing Europe's traditional democratic Conservatives, who now confront rising xenophobic parties in the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, and Germany. Jürgen Rüttgers, a leading German Conservative, offers his diagnosis.