Marine Le Pen of France’s extreme right-wing National Front (FN) party has just enjoyed her second electoral success, after her first strong showing in the presidential elections of 2012. In mayoral polls over the weekend, the anti-immigration, anti-European Union FN took control of about at least a dozen municipalities, and gained some 1,500 seats in local councils, leading Le Pen to boast that her party has become an important player and kingmaker in French politics.
