Herman, Lise Esther and Lorimer, Marta  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9214-3898
2024.
Dancing with the devil? Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and the articulation of a new political divide in France.
Nations and Nationalism
30
(3)
, pp. 425-440.
10.1111/nana.13001
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Abstract
This paper investigates how political challengers articulate new political divides in European political party systems and with what implications for representative democracy. Focusing on the case of France and the discourse and practices of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the paper identifies three strategies these actors have used to articulate a new political division beyond Left and Right: the discursive rejection of traditional Left/Right politics, the combination of elements from across the Left/Right divide and the identification of each other as opposite sides on a new cleavage. Our analysis also suggests that rather than addressing the democratic pathologies associated with the traditional Left/Right party system, this new divide has largely contributed to deepen them. Specifically, the new dichotomy carries risks in terms of representative deficits, electoral demobilisation and the further legitimation of illiberal politics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Law |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 1354-5078 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 13 November 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 20 November 2023 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2025 15:28 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182304 |
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