Gilles Ivaldi

Marine Le Pen's strategy is this idea of a big transpartisan alliance of what she calls 'patriots' from left and right, which is the general populist strategy, there's another line, embodied by Marion Marechal, who thinks the National Rally should rather seek a wide alliance of the rights.

The euro is today the FN's main problem, but at the same time, that call to leave the euro is key to the FN's radical image. It's the only party calling for a euro exit, and that's appealing to voters who want to give a good kick to 'the system'.