Even if Marine Le Pen loses the election, the issues she exploits will still exist | Vincent Martigny
(The Guardian France)

Distrust of politics and institutions now runs deep in France. We are at a crossroads where no option seems goodThursday´s terrorist attack on the Champs-Élysées - a police officer shot dead in the heart of Paris and two others injured by an attacker claimed by Islamic State - is the most dramatic in a series of unexpected twists that have disrupted the French presidential campaign.It is the very scenario many feared in the run-up to Sunday´s first round of voting, assuming that the right - in the guise of François Fillon and Marine Le Pen, will see their chances of success greatly improved. But, for all the speculation, it is too early to say whether this will actually happen. Continue reading...