Angry French Workers Threaten Fillon’s Election Hopes
- Former minister sees Fillon’s campaign ‘hitting the wall’
- Populist Le Pen pitching herself as French workers’ champion
Murray: Le Pen Lacks Support for Majority of Electorate
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The working classes helped deliver Brexit in the U.K. and send Donald Trump to the White House. In France’s presidential election, they may pose the biggest threat to embattled front-runner Francois Fillon.
The establishment candidate’s economic plans are the sort of medicine that many top executives and international institutions have been demanding for years. But to many on lower incomes, already angered by reports about Fillon’s lifestyle, that sounds like a threat to their standard of living.