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France has not had a far-right government since Vichy France (1940-1944) under Marshal Philippe Pétain, and that was a right-wing authoritarian regime that collaborated with the Third Reich. (Photo: Anton Shekhovtsov)

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France 2024: the Vichy regime revisited?

Back in May 2017, while I was visiting Paris, a friend of mine presented me with a comic book, La Présidente (The President)

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Anton Shekhovtsov is director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Vienna, visiting professor at the Central European University, and author of three books: New Radical Rightwing Parties in European Democracies (2011), Russia and the Western Far-Right: Tango Noir (2017), and Russian Political Warfare (2023).

France has not had a far-right government since Vichy France (1940-1944) under Marshal Philippe Pétain, and that was a right-wing authoritarian regime that collaborated with the Third Reich. (Photo: Anton Shekhovtsov)

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Author Bio

Anton Shekhovtsov is director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Vienna, visiting professor at the Central European University, and author of three books: New Radical Rightwing Parties in European Democracies (2011), Russia and the Western Far-Right: Tango Noir (2017), and Russian Political Warfare (2023).

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