Europe and the GOP Factions: France

Marine LePen is, of course, a Reactionary who wants to “make France great again” by closing the doors and fortifying the welfare state.  The latter impulse is different than what you would see among Reactionaries in the US, but the faux nostalgia inspiration for it is the same.

Fillon reminds me of Ted Cruz:  a Reactionary on social issues with CL leanings on the economy.  No wonder he didn’t win.

Sarkozy is a PBP at heart, even though he’s so mercurial it is difficult to tell sometimes.

As for Jupiter, his roots are in the Socialist Party, so he doesn’t really figure in the equation even though his economic policies would find favor with PBPs.