France may soon have a far-right president – and Europe is already scrambling to limit their power | Paul Taylor

With elections next year, Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders are trying to secure institutions against the National Rally threat European governments have quietly begun adapting their policies for the hitherto unthinkable prospect that France, a founder member of the EU, may elect a far-right nationalist president next year. Germany may be Europe’s biggest economy and most populous state, but nuclear-armed France is the pivotal military power. More than a year before the French choose...

By Paul Taylor