Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why is Marine Le Pen So Popular in France?" video.

  1. I'm noticing a trend in Europe of many of the radical parties becoming more mainstream parties by rebranding, changing their policies and becoming more centrist parties. Makes sense really because they'll appeal to more of the voters, but they also become a lot less radical in their policies, we have seen this happen time after time in other European countries and it's all because the voters are not radical, if they were, then we would have real problems, but because they are not, it's forcing the more radical parties to be more mainstream parties, which makes them far less of a threat, after all, if they got into power and tried to push many of their radical policies, how long do you think they will stay in power? or for that matter, would they ever get back into power after that? Many of these radical parties know they have to make a good impression with the voters, they've been given a once in a lifetime chance to prove themselves, if they mess it up, that party might never get voted in again, because of that, they are going more for the middle ground with voters, these radical parties are only a threat if the public becomes radicalised, but if that happens, then we've got far bigger problems. We also should remember that people want stability, they want things to improve for their lives, they don't want the system turned upside down that could create a lot of problems for the people, and the truth is, a lot of these fringe parties are getting their chance because the mainstream parties are not delivering, so the people are giving other parties a chance, but only because many of their policies are being moderated, something we saw in Italy, and something we are seeing in France.
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