L'Économie politique 2026/1 n° 109
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Lens, a new conquest for the Rassemblement National?

Pages 38 to 4

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  • WADLOW, Pierre,
2026. Lens, a new conquest for the Rassemblement National? L'Économie politique, 2026/1 n° 109, p.38-4. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
  • Wadlow, Pierre.
« Lens, a new conquest for the Rassemblement National? ». L'Économie politique, 2026/1 n° 109, 2026. p.38-4. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
  • Wadlow, P.
(2026). Lens, A New Conquest for the Rassemblement National? L'Économie politique, 109(1), 38-4. https://shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
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  • Wadlow, P.
(2026). Lens, A New Conquest for the Rassemblement National? L'Économie politique, 109(1), 38-4. https://shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
  • Wadlow, Pierre.
« Lens, a new conquest for the Rassemblement National? ». L'Économie politique, 2026/1 n° 109, 2026. p.38-4. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
  • WADLOW, Pierre,
2026. Lens, a new conquest for the Rassemblement National? L'Économie politique, 2026/1 n° 109, p.38-4. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-leconomie-politique-2026-1-page-38?lang=en.
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In Lens, the Rassemblement National has made strong gains in national elections, reaching a majority in the second round of the 2022 presidential election, while the municipal council has remained socialist since 1945. This paradox suggests that we should be wary of reading too quickly into the mechanical conversion of former left-wing working-class strongholds to the far right.

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