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The truth behind Front National's change of heart

Despite its suggestive rhetoric and its appeals to the lower classes, the party's disguise as a champion of "the people" is a sham, and must be uncovered.

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Marine Le Pen. Marechal Aurore/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images. All rights reserved.

Marine Le Pen's Front National (FN) is leading in the polls of the upcoming French presidential elections with more than 20% of the share of the vote; for the first time since WWII, the prospect of the far-right gaining power in France is not far-fetched.

The FN's success in recent years is due, to a large extent, to its capacity to attract voters from the working class and the most vulnerable communities of France.