Why Media Reporting on Rise of Far-Right in European Elections is 'Breathing Fire in the Dragon we Have Most Reason to Fear'

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Why Media Reporting on Rise of Far-Right in European Elections is 'Breathing Fire in the Dragon we Have Most Reason to Fear'

One week, it was "Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) on the doorstep of power". The next, following the defeat of the far-right in the second round of France's legislative elections, the tune had changed; the tune, but not the tone. "Far right's historic moment may have to wait" was the BBC's verdict, striking an almost regretful note, whilst the vast majority of mainstream British media predicted an era of instability and chaos in Fran…