A Le Pen-izmus és a globalizáció
This study is a contribution to the discussion which developed about the new radical political movements forged ahead in the Western European countries. With analysing the identity, the political character, the specifics of the communication style, the political topics of the Le Pen’s party – the French Front National – the author enlightens LePenism’s nature. The party was founded in 1972 – wich was started to get on in fact in eihties as the opposition of the socialist government – linked with a lot of ties to some earliest extreme rightist organizations. Its principal political topic is the defence of the national identity and the principle of "the national preference”.
Its main peculiarity is the ethno – nationalist opinion which represents exclusiveness and this opinion appears in various type of enemy. The populism by that it responded todays to the real social problems – and which Le Pen prefers nowadays the battle aginst the globalization – coupled with ethno – nationalist ideological content. It is completed with authority principle line of Le Pen’s political attitude. Despite of all formal difference from the former extreme right-wing movements the “principle of authority – national – populist” nature of Le Pen’s movement the author makes it essentially related to the fascism and its leaders. In the debate on this movements of this kind the author distinguishes two sort of approach: one of them which putting it in the right-left dimension accepts the electoral or political cooperations with these organizations and the other considering the values of democracy exclude it.