French Election Is Shaped by Legacy of Colonialism in Algeria: The Roots of Far-Right Le Pen | Mustafa Fetouri

Right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s father volunteered to torture Algerian independence fighters, and her anti-immigration and anti-Muslim platform is inseparable from France’s brutal colonization of the North African country.

Source: Opinion | French Election Is Shaped by Legacy of Colonialism in Algeria: The Roots of Far-Right Le Pen | Mustafa Fetouri

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