Yesterday’s News (Tomorrow’s Nightmare)
The elections over the next few weeks will tell us whether Europe is growing as weary of its right-wing populists as some Americans are of theirs.
Pierre Haski is a former correspondent for French media in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Beijing. He is the cofounder of the French news website Rue89, and a columnist for L'Obs, a leading French magazine.
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