Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

No, Trump is not the American Le Pen

He's worse

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Anne Applebaum
Jun 11, 2024
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Close-up of Marine Le Pen.

The elections to the European Parliament are, for politics junkies, what the World Cup is for soccer fans. There are 27 countries with 27 different sets of parties—center-right, center-left, far right, far left, liberal, conservative, green—and 27 sets of statistics to peruse. Because these are not national elections, and because they do not usually cha…

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